Prof. John Shields at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On April 23rd, 2015. See this statement in context.

April 23rd, 2015 / 5 p.m.

Professor, Ryerson University, Department of Politics and Public Administration, As an Individual

I think the reality is that we don't actually know yet, because there hasn't been a social impact bond that has gone through the full process.

The first one was in Peterborough, in the U.K., which was launched in 2010. These tend to be sort of longer-term types of projects, but unfortunately that one was cancelled in early 2014, so we don't actually have in place yet any completed SIBs that we can evaluate in terms of their effectiveness.

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