<p>HKS Professor Jeffrey Liebman, Director of the Kennedy School’s Government Performance Lab, explains how Pay For Success, also known as Social Impact Bonds, allow governments to test out new social programs without risking taxpayer funds if they fail.</p>

HKS Professor Jeffrey Liebman, Director of the Kennedy School’s Government Performance Lab, explains how Pay For Success, also known as Social Impact Bonds, allow governments to test out new social programs without risking taxpayer funds if they fail.

How “Pay for Success” Allows Governments to Experiment Without Risk

PolicyCast explores research-based policy solutions to the big problems and issues we're facing in our society and our world. Host Ralph Ranalli talks with leading Harvard University academics and researchers, visiting scholars, dignitaries, and world leaders. PolicyCast is produced at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Share How “Pay for Success” Allows Governments to Experiment Without Risk

Sign up to save your podcasts

How “Pay for Success” Allows Governments to Experiment Without Risk

How “Pay for Success” Allows Governments to Experiment Without Risk

More shows like PolicyCast

NPR News Now

Marketplace

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Planet Money

Freakonomics Radio

The HBR Channel

HBR IdeaCast

PBS News Hour - Full Show

The Lawfare Podcast

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast

Foreign Policy Live

The NPR Politics Podcast

The Harvard EdCast

Harvard Center for International Development

The President’s Inbox

The Daily

Harvard Art Museums

Outsmarting Implicit Bias

The Indicator from Planet Money

Capitalisn't

Veritalk

Convergence

The Ezra Klein Show

Impromptu