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Barefoot MBA. Blog | NextBillion.net | Development through Enterprise. Global Voices in English. Innovation@cfed Blog. By Anne Li on 03/09/2011 @ 10:30 AM Tags: Federal Policy, Innovation We noticed a highly innovative development called social impact bonds in the U.K. last year, and we weren’t the only ones. President Obama’s FY 2012 budget includes a similar innovation. Up to $100 million would be invested in a “pay for success” approach in seven pilot areas including, among others, job training, education, juvenile justice and care of children’s disabilities. The following article, reproduced in its entirety from the New York Times, provides more information. For Federal Programs, a Taste of Market Disciplineby Davis Leonhardt, New York Times, February 8, 2011 Wouldn’t it be nice if taxpayers could somehow get a refund for government programs that didn’t work?
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