NAB's Microenterprise Loan program involves unsecured business loans for small enterprises that do not have access to mainstream business finance. The loans are not provided as a band-aid or short-term solution: they are part of a wider program and are offered in partnership with established training, mentoring and support initiatives tailored to the specific needs...

In this report, the Centre for Social Impact has addressed two key questions: 1. Whether the social impact bonds concept is feasible in a New South Wales (NSW) context; and 2. Whether NSW has the necessary ingredients: market conditions, NGO capacity, social investment interest and government preparedness, for this new approach to funding.