Restoring lost tax revenues would balance the budget. · http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/05/21/canadian_deficits_are_a_distribution_problem_not_a_wealth_problem.html

The Cabinet Office’s Centre for Social Impact Bonds has developed two new tools to assist the development of the bonds: the 'Knowledge Box' online portal and a template service agreement contract. · http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/15173/centre_for_social_impact_bonds_launches_new_tools

The benefits of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) have been discussed primarily in three ways. First, SIBs are a tool to raise finances to invest in social programming from non-government sources. The role of government is then to pay the investor if the investment in a social agency’s ability to provide a service (i.e. to achieve agreed outcomes) is fulfilled. · http://seechangemagazine.com/articles/how-to/376-realizing-value-through-social-impact-bonds?showall=1

A new paper demonstrates how easy it is to game Google Scholar citations, and how the system resists correction. Continue reading » · http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/12/12/gaming-google-scholar-citations-made-simple-and-easy/

Mr Maude denied the bond scheme was a way of shifting the cost of public sector projects on to private investors and philanthropists – but acknowledged the model is a useful way of delaying payment. “When the results are delivered that triggers a payment . . . and this payment will come from the public sector,” Mr Maude said. “It’s a way of funding the work in advance”. · http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2f8a84f0-34d6-11e2-99df-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2D3ZYhgX5