Social Bonds Can Help Mitigate the Economic and Social Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis

Social bonds have become an increasingly popular fixed-income product since the Social Bond Principles were published in 2017, and their growth and popularity have accelerated in recent months due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resul...

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Main Authors:	Peeters, Sophie, Schmitt, Maud, Volk, Ariane
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	SOCIAL BOND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES SUSTAINABILITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/341541606193433654/Social-Bonds-Can-Help-Mitigate-the-Economic-and-Social-Effects-of-the-COVID-19-Crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34853

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spelling	okr-10986-348532021-04-23T14:02:10Z Social Bonds Can Help Mitigate the Economic and Social Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis Peeters, Sophie Schmitt, Maud Volk, Ariane SOCIAL BOND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES SUSTAINABILITY Social bonds have become an increasingly popular fixed-income product since the Social Bond Principles were published in 2017, and their growth and popularity have accelerated in recent months due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting need for new funding avenues to address the unforeseen economic and social disruptions. Since the outbreak of the crisis, global issuances of social bonds have risen considerably, and an increasing number of market participants have turned to IFC, a prolific and experienced issuer of social bonds, for advice on how to set up Social Bond Programs and Social Bond Frameworks. The hope now is that social bonds can become a significant method for financing projects that mitigate the socioeconomic impact of the current health crisis, and that the growing use of and interest in these bonds can be sustained post-crisis. 2020-12-02T15:02:00Z 2020-12-02T15:02:00Z 2020-08 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/341541606193433654/Social-Bonds-Can-Help-Mitigate-the-Economic-and-Social-Effects-of-the-COVID-19-Crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34853 English EMCompass;Note 89 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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description	Social bonds have become an increasingly popular fixed-income product since the Social Bond Principles were published in 2017, and their growth and popularity have accelerated in recent months due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting need for new funding avenues to address the unforeseen economic and social disruptions. Since the outbreak of the crisis, global issuances of social bonds have risen considerably, and an increasing number of market participants have turned to IFC, a prolific and experienced issuer of social bonds, for advice on how to set up Social Bond Programs and Social Bond Frameworks. The hope now is that social bonds can become a significant method for financing projects that mitigate the socioeconomic impact of the current health crisis, and that the growing use of and interest in these bonds can be sustained post-crisis.
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author	Peeters, Sophie Schmitt, Maud Volk, Ariane
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title	Social Bonds Can Help Mitigate the Economic and Social Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis
title_short	Social Bonds Can Help Mitigate the Economic and Social Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis
title_full	Social Bonds Can Help Mitigate the Economic and Social Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis
title_fullStr	Social Bonds Can Help Mitigate the Economic and Social Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis
title_full_unstemmed	Social Bonds Can Help Mitigate the Economic and Social Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis
title_sort	social bonds can help mitigate the economic and social effects of the covid-19 crisis
publisher	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/341541606193433654/Social-Bonds-Can-Help-Mitigate-the-Economic-and-Social-Effects-of-the-COVID-19-Crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34853
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Social Bonds Can Help Mitigate the Economic and Social Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis

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