社会效益债券:政府购买社会服务的法律制度创新

Social Benefit Bonds: Financial Innovation of Government's Purchase of Social Services

党的十九大强调增进民生福祉是发展的根本目的。当下财政"新常态"为破解民生类公共产品供给困局增加了新的滞碍。作为公共服务供给创新的产物,英国和美国的社会效益债券制度厘革修正了政府直接出资购买社会服务的传统民生产品的供给体制,径由发行社会效益债券融通社会资本应用于社会服务供给。政府作为委托人不直接为服务付费,而是以服务结果为导向———为效果而偿债,较好地实现了减轻政府财政支出压力、增加公共产品供给和提升资源配置效率等多重目标。在政府简政放权、社会资本合作参与和社会治理改革的背景下,我国政府购买服务模式可以改造升级这一国外的金融创新,依托政府、社会资本与社会组织共济合力以期提升公共服务供给绩效、增进社会福祉。

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that the wellbeing of thepeople is the fundamental goal of development.The Financial New Normal adds new obstacles to solving the dilemma of public goods supply for people's livelihood.As an innovative product of the public service supply,Social Impact Bonds have changed the traditional system of the government social services,integrated the social capital and directly funded social services'purchase in the United Kingdom and the United States.The governments do not pay for the service,but results-oriented.That is to say that they pay for the social impact of the service.The innovation achieves the multiple objectives of reducing the pressure on government spending,increasing the supply of public goods and improving the efficiency of resource allocation.In the backgrounds of the streamlining administration,social capital participation and social governance reform,our government's purchasing service should study and upgrade this financial innovation.By this way,we can enhance the performance of public service delivery and promote social welfare based on the cooperation of the governments,social capital and social organizations.