Sammanfattning
In Malmö, there are several initiatives that relate to the concept of social investment,
in particular as a result of the work of the Commission for a socially
sustainable Malmö. This commission advocates that social investment
perspective permeates the entire municipal planning. Following this work, the
municipal government has commissioned a study on how social investments
can be valued using health economic and/or socioeconomic assessments and
how this perspective can be integrated in the budget process. Furthermore,
the municipality has introduced three social investment funds totaling SEK
100 million. This article discusses various aspects of the Malmö Commissions
conclusions, Malmö’s social investment funds and an ongoing initiative where
physical investment is used as a lever for social investment and vice versa.