Adverse Selection and Targeting
ToolsSample severance spreadsheet
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Outline of a redundancy policy
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Sample redundancy policy (EWS Freight Railway)
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Terms of reference for a severance consultant
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Additional Material
Carneiro, Francisco G., and Indermit S. Gill. 1997. "Effectiveness and Financial Costing of Voluntary Separation Programs in Brazil: 1995-1997." Economic Notes 25, World Bank, Country Department, Latin America Region. Washington, D.C.
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Estache, Antonio, Jose Antonio Schmitt de Azevedo, and Evelyn Sydenstricker. 2000. "Labor Redundancy, Retraining, and Outplacement during Privatization: The Experience of Brazil's Federal Railway." Policy Research Working Paper WPS2460. World Bank, Washington, D.C.
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de Ferranti, David, Guillermo E. Perry, Indermit S. Gill, and Francisco H. G. Ferreira. 2000. "Helping Workers Deal with the Risk of Unemployment." Chapter 6 in Securing Our Future in a Global Economy. Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. (Provides an overview of income support programs that have been used in Latin America, including severance pay, public works programs, training programs, and unemployment insurance.)
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Gupta, Sanjeev, Christian Schiller, and Henry Ma. 1999. "Privatization, Social Impact, and Social Safety Nets." Working Paper 99/68. International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C.
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Web SitesInternational Labour Organisation: http://www.ilo.org/. (Several papers on labor issues in the context of privatization and enterprise restructuring.)
PSIRU (Public Services International Research Unit): http://www.psiru.org/. (A research unit that receives core funding from Public Services International [PSI], the global confederation of public service trade unions. It conducts research on public services, privatization, and globalization, particularly in the water, energy, waste management, and healthcare sectors.)
World Bank. "Shrinking Smartly": http://www.worldbank.org/research/projects/downsize/. (Site is a clearinghouse for researchers, development practitioners, and government officials concerned about the difficulties encountered in downsizing a large public sector.)
Other Material and SourcesFiszbein, Ariel. 1992. "Labor Retrenchment and Redundancy Compensation in State-Owned Enterprises: The Case of Sri Lanka." Internal Discussion Paper 121. World Bank, South Asia Region. Washington, D.C.
ILO (International Labor Organisation). 2000. Termination of Employment Digest. Geneva: International Labour Office. )For updates, see also the following area on the ILO website: http://www.ib.org/public.english/dialogue/ifpdial/publ/publ_empt.htm .)
Lee, Barbara. 1991. "Should Employee Participation Be Part of Privatization?" Research and External Affairs Working Paper 664. World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Starcher, George. No date. "Socially Responsible Enterprise Restructuring. A Joint Working Paper of the International Labour Organisation and the European Bahá'í Business Forum." International Labour Office, Geneva. Available at http://www.ilo.org/.