Measuring the Success of Impact Bonds: 5 questions for the first 10 years

A talk with Dr. Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Gustafsson-Wrigth current focus on effective delivery of social services including early childhood development, education and health interventions in developing countries has consolidated her role as a global expert on innovative financing mechanisms including payment by results, public-private partnerships and impact investing. She is the premier thought-leader and convener in the emerging field of social and development impact bonds and is regularly invited to contribute to high-level global conversations on impact bonds and outcome-based financing. With nearly 20 years of experience in development, her career has primarily focused on applied microeconomic research in human development with regional foci in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean including conducting numerous impact evaluations. Her previous professional experience includes working at the World Bank, the UNICEF Innocenti Research Center, and as Senior Researcher with the Amsterdam Institute for International Development (AIID). Dr. Gustafsson-Wright holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Tinbergen Institute at the University of Amsterdam, as well as Masters of Science in Applied Economics and Finance and Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California at Santa Cruz. She is regularly cited in the media including in the Economist, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, and has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as contributed to several books in her field.

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Topic: Measuring the Success of Impact Bonds: 5 questions for the first 10 years
Time: Nov 10, 2020 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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