Outcome-based contracting (OBC) seeks to improve public services by paying for service
outcomes rather than service activities. This article explores the link between how outcomes …

Governments all over the world have transitioned away from directly providing public
services to contracting and collaborating with cross-sectoral networks to deliver services on …

Despite long-standing criticisms of the paradigm, New Public Management (NPM) retains a
strong influence over organizations in public administration. Social Impact Bonds (SIB) are …

Competition is central to the reasoning behind contracting out public services. In practice,
however, harnessing markets to improve public service performance has been a challenge …

This paper addresses the challenges of valuating the expected social and financial
outcomes of potential interventions in social impact bonds (SIBs). It does so by conducting a …