Emmet Kiberd
Senior Researcher
Search: social return on investment ( 14 Results )
Social value and measuring impact
2011 Onwards
From the above we started to look at the wider social value of public sector procurement spend, with methodologies such as Social Return On Investment, and Cost Benefit Analysis. This work, predated the English Social Value Act (2013) for which we lobbied for and supported.
Example: Delivering local economic value through Capital Programmes and Apprenticeships
Building a local civil economy
The word ‘economy’ can be traced back to the Greek word oikonomos, – ‘one who manages a household’. However, the idea that the economy is intimate and social is often lost from modern day economic discussions. Indeed, all too often the social sphere, is seen as an assumed outcome of economic activity, rather than a planned for and locked-in necessity.
This connectedness with the social sphere should be central to any local economic development. What is the point of local economic development if it does not deliver social outcomes or address poverty? In this we need to think about building a local civil economy – an economy which is decent, fair and works for people.
