Using impact bonds to achieve early childhood development outcomes in low- and middle-income countries

By Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Sophie Gardiner. The confluence of the agreement on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, or Global Goals) in 2015, and the increased attention being paid to the role of non-traditional actors in contributing to shared prosperity, provide a unique opportunity to focus attention on attempts to identify promising new solutions to the barriers that impede the full development of the world’s youngest citizens. More...