Injecting Incentives Into the Solution of Social and Environmental Problems


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This book outlines a radical new way of achieving social and environmental goals. including: * better health * higher educational standards * lower unemployment * cleaner air and water. Ronnie Horesh's idea has been widely praised by distinguished academics, and he has spoken about Social Bonds in many fora. This is the first full-length treatment of Social Policy Bonds.




Injecting Incentives Into the Achievement of Social and Environmental Outcomes


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Injecting Incentives Into the Achievement of Social and Environmental Outcomes: Social Policy Bonds This book outlines a radical new way in which market incentives can be injected into the achievement of social and environmental goals including: *better health *higher educational standards *lower unemployment *a stable world climate. Ronnie Horesh's idea has been widely praised by distinguished economists. He has spoken about Social Policy Bonds in many fora, including the OECD, Cambridge University and the UK Institute of Economic Affairs.




Solving the World's Problems


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Violent political conflict and climate change threaten us all. Governments and international bodies have failed to respond in any meaningful way. They continue to fund activities and institutions that are only tenuously linked with social and environmental goals. Social Policy Bonds are a new financial instrument that could revolutionize policymaking. By issuing them, governments and the private sector could inextricably tie rewards to outcomes, and inject market incentives into the achievement of such universally desired goals as world peace and climate stability. Ronnie Horesh's Social Policy Bond concept has been praised by distinguished economists. He has spoken about it in such forum as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Cambridge University and think tanks in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.




Market Incentives to End War


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Markets are the most efficient means yet discovered of allocating society's scarce resources. Unfortunately, many believe that market forces must inevitably conflict with social goals. So it is important to remind ourselves that market forces and self-interest can fulfil social, as well as private, aspirations. This book introduces a radical new financial instrument, Conflict Reduction Bonds, intended to channel the market's incentives and efficiencies into achieving what is perhaps our most urgent and yet remote social objective: the ending for all time of violent political conflict.




Handbook of Market Creation for Biodiversity Issues in Implementation


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This OECD Handbook shows how public policy in the form of market creation can be used to internalise the loss of biodiversity. It promotes the use of markets to ensure that our collective preferences for conservation and sustainable use are reflected in economic outcomes.




Intellectual Property Rights in the Post Pandemic World


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The drastic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted many of society’s systemic inequalities. In this timely and prescient book, Taina Pihlajarinne, Jukka Tapio Mähönen and Pratyush Nath Upreti explore the importance of intellectual property rights (IPRs) post pandemic and argue for a pressing revision of the current IPR system to build a more globally sustainable and just regime.




A Research Agenda for Social Finance


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This insightful Research Agenda explores social finance and impact investing, surveying the latest research in this area. It considers a range of actors from across the social finance ecosystem, from investors and social banks, to the entrepreneurs who propose sustainable solutions and seek finance.




After Greenwashing


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Examines the underlying symbolic dimensions of corporate environmentalism, helping readers to separate useful environmental information from empty corporate spin.







Innovation in Energy Law and Technology


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As energy innovation becomes imperative for the environment and energy security, the law must be fleet-footed to evolve in an unwieldy area of policy. This much-needed text assembles experts to analyse the most recent developments, and to postulate how human rights, sustainable development, and the eradication of energy poverty could be achieved.