Labor Toolkit

Monitoring and Evaluation of Labor Programs

This module provides guidance on why and how to evaluate the costs and benefits of labor restructuring programs and how to set up effective monitoring systems to track progress and learn from experience.

CONTENTS

MODULE 7
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF LABOR PROGRAMS

OVERVIEW

ASSESSING FINANCIAL RETURNS

Financial Costs-A Checklist

Financial Benefits-A Checklist

Financial Payback Analysis

Discounted Cash Flow Analysis

ASSESSING ECONOMIC RETURNS

Rationale

Economic vs. Financial Costs

EVALUATING LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS

Constructing the Counterfactual Analysis

Assessing the Impact of Redeployment

Assessing the Effects on Workers' Welfare

Assessing Overall PPI Benefits

MONITORING OF LABOR PROGRAMS

MATERIAL AND SOURCES

Tools

Additional Material

Web Sites

Other Material and Sources

BOXES

Box 7.1: Indicators for Cost-Benefit Analysis

Box 7.2: The Importance of Control Groups-A Hypothetical Example

Box 7.3: Example of a Redeployment Evaluation-PROBECAT, Mexico

Box 7.4: Possible Cost and Benefit Indicators for Redeployment Programs

Box 7.5: Impact of Downsizing on PPI Prices

Box 7.6: Monitoring and Evaluation Defined

Box 7.7: Severance and Redeployment: Some Monitoring Indicators

TABLES

Table 7.1: Financial Analysis-Key Questions and Tools

Table 7.2: Checklist-Financial Costs of a Labor Program

Table 7.3: Checklist-Financial Benefits of a Labor Program

Table 7.4: Economic vs. Financial Costs and Benefits

Table 7.5: Turkey-How Workers Used Severance Compensation (percentage of workers)

Table 7.6: Preferred Employment Status of Redeployed Civil Servants-Ghana

Table 7.7: Assessing Labor Programs-A Checklist of Potential Effects on Different Stakeholders

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Labor Toolkit:
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Labor Impacts of PPI

Assessing the Scope of Restructuring

Strategies and Options

Key Elements of a Labor Program

Engaging with Stakeholders

Monitoring and Evaluation

Overview

Assessing Financial Returns

Assessing Economic Returns

Evaluating Labor Market Programs

Monitoring of Labor Programs

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