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Impact Bonds in Mexico
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Impact Bonds in Mexico

Opportunities and Challenges

Brookings Institution and Ethos
Brookings Institution, 2017
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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Eye Opening
  • Overview
  • Visionary

Recommendation

Conceived to help government agencies with limited budgets fulfill their social responsibilities, impact bonds reward investors only if the borrower attains measurable results. According to this engaging report from experts at the Brookings Institution and Ethos, Mexico appears to be an ideal proving ground for this financing model, given the security, health and economic obstacles the country faces. getAbstract recommends this informative study of a burgeoning area of social impact investing to the lay reader and policy expert alike.

Take-Aways

  • Impact bonds are an innovative source of financing that can address socioeconomic problems around the world.
  • An impact bond raises funds for a service provider with a social mandate. Once the funded program achieves its desired results, an “outcome payer” – a government, international development agency or foundation – reimburses the investor. 
  • The bonds have targeted issues such as reducing recidivism, developing job skills and improving the quality of health care.

About the Authors

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit independent research organization. Ethos is a public policy think tank based in Mexico.

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