This interim report details an evaluation of a Payment By Outcomes (PBO) trial – an initiative that trials outcomes-based funding for employment services that support people experiencing complex barriers to work. This first report spans the trial initiation, design, development and implementation in the first year of service delivery.

In this report, the authors draw on research findings to illustrate how effective organisation design can enable NDIS Provider organisation leaders to build an engaged workforce, deliver good services, and achieve sustainable growth.

Australia’s social enterprises can make a significant contribution toward a more equitable society, but are constrained by limited financial, public policy and other ‘ecosystem’ supports, according to the authors of this paper.

This research report focuses on Australia’s social venture ecosystem – the entrepreneurial ecosystem that grows and sustains social ventures across Australia.

This research investigated social impact investment (SII), which aims to generate and actively measure social and financial returns. There are several promising SII models—including housing supply bonds, property funds, funding social enterprises, social impact bonds and social impact loans.