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Case 05 · Education, India, four years

The Quality Education India development impact bond tied payment to literacy and numeracy.

The deal
InstrumentDevelopment impact bond
AmountUSD 11m
InvestorUBS Optimus Foundation
ConvenerBritish Asian Trust with outcome-funding partners
Investor return8 percent target
Outcome metricLearning gains, grades one to five, in Delhi, Rajasthan and Gujarat

More than 300,000 primary school children

Four intervention types combined

For you: education can be financed on outcomes when learning is measured, which answers the no-revenue question.