Labor Issues In Infrastructure Reform

Author : Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN : 0821354701

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Labor Issues in Infrastructure Reform by Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility Pdf

Fears of job loss and changes in employment status have often led workers and unions to oppose privatization and to take actions that delay or block reforms. Many developing country governments have been reluctant to undertake reforms because of labor opposition and the political costs involved. Such difficulties are often compounded by concerns about the social impact of reforms, particularly in countries where social safety nets and labor markets are lacking. The objective of the Toolkit, which includes a CD-ROM, is to provide practical tools and information to help policy makers and practitioners deal with these sensitive issues. The Toolkit helps governments identify and select appropriate strategies and approaches, offers guidelines for design and implementation based on best practice and actual experience, and indicates the factors influencing the choice of strategy and options. The Toolkit is illustrated with examples, checklists, and templates that walk decision makers through best practice methodologies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Contracting out
ISBN : 0821354701

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Labor Issues in Infrastructure Reform: Module 1 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia,Antonio Estache
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Infrastructure (Economics)
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Infrastructure Services in Developing Countries by Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia,Antonio Estache Pdf

"Briceno, Estache, and Shafik review the evidence on the state of infrastructure in the developing world, emphasizing the investment needs and the emerging policy issues. While their assessment is seriously constrained by data gaps, they provide useful insights on the main challenges ahead, emphasizing that, in addition to the widely discussed access problems, the poorest also face major affordability and service quality issues which were not well addressed by the reforms of the 1990s. The authors make a case for a stronger commitment of the international community to generate the information needed to assess and monitor infrastructure needs and policies. This paper--a product of the Office of the Vice President, Infrastructure Network--is part of a larger effort in the network to upgrade economic and policy work in infrastructure"--World Bank web site.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789292698232

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Guidance Note on State-Owned Enterprise Reform for Nonsovereign and One ADB Projects by Asian Development Bank Pdf

Under Strategy 2030, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in its developing member countries (DMCs). The publication reviews the significance of SOEs in Asia and the Pacific, the role of SOE reform in ADB's strategy, and related requirements for nonsovereign and One ADB projects. Nonsovereign financing for SOEs can help reduce the burden of sovereign debt and mobilize new funding for vital investments, including climate change mitigation. Designed to guide ADB staff in their work with SOEs through sovereign projects, policy-based loans, and technical assistance, this publication may also be of use to DMC officials and SOE boards and management.

Author : Antonio Estache,Lourdes Trujillo,Sergio Perelman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Industrial productivity
ISBN : UCSD:31822030161616

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Infrastructure Performance and Reform in Developing and Transition Economies by Antonio Estache,Lourdes Trujillo,Sergio Perelman Pdf

Estache, Perelman, and Trujillo review about 80 studies on electricity and gas, water and sanitation, and rail and ports (with a footnote on telecommunications) in developing countries. The main policy lesson is that there is a difference in the relevance of ownership for efficiency between utilities and transport in developing countries. In transport, private operators have tended to perform better than public operators. For utilities, ownership often does not matter as much as sometimes argued. Most cross-country studies find no statistically significant difference in efficiency scores between public and private providers. As for the country-specific studies, some do find differences in performance over time but these differences tend to matter much less than a large number of other variables. Across sectors, private operators functioning in a competitive environment or regulated under price caps or hybrid regulatory regimes tend to catch up best practice faster than public operators. There is a very strong case to push regulators in developing and transition economies toward a more systematic reliance on yardstick competition in a sector in which residual monopoly powers tend to be common. This paper--a product of the Office of the Vice President, Infrastructure Network--is part of a larger effort in the network to document the state of the sector.

Author : Michael D. Underhill
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470604014

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The Handbook of Infrastructure Investing by Michael D. Underhill Pdf

A comprehensive overview of cutting edge infrastructure investment topics from sector experts Infrastructure investing is one of the fastest growing and most complex asset classes facing investment professionals, practitioners, and academics. The Handbook of Infrastructure Investing examines this dynamic discipline by featuring contributions from numerous investment experts in each sector. Salient topics include timelines for domestic and international infrastructure investing; progression of strategies and present day trends; challenges of successful infrastructure programs with labor unions; events in history that have ushered in new reforms; and much more. Unearths some of the biggest investment opportunities available and addresses how to make money, while meeting other portfolio investment objectives: environmental, socially conscious, and governance principles, pro-labor investing and other collateral investment objectives Offers insights from some of the best minds in the business Covers the resurgence in transportation, the types of deals associated with it, and how transportation finance has changed Contains commentary from public pension funds, endowments, foundations, and family office investment professionals Provides an overview of the traditional and alternative energy sector and the abundant investment opportunities within it As infrastructure investing continues to grow, you'll need to enhance your understanding of this field. The Handbook of Infrastructure Investing will get you up to speed on all the issues associated with it, and provide a dynamic working guide to building an infrastructure investment program.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464813566

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World Development Report 2019 by World Bank Pdf

Work is constantly reshaped by technological progress. New ways of production are adopted, markets expand, and societies evolve. But some changes provoke more attention than others, in part due to the vast uncertainty involved in making predictions about the future. The 2019 World Development Report will study how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology today. Technological progress disrupts existing systems. A new social contract is needed to smooth the transition and guard against rising inequality. Significant investments in human capital throughout a person’s lifecycle are vital to this effort. If workers are to stay competitive against machines they need to train or retool existing skills. A social protection system that includes a minimum basic level of protection for workers and citizens can complement new forms of employment. Improved private sector policies to encourage startup activity and competition can help countries compete in the digital age. Governments also need to ensure that firms pay their fair share of taxes, in part to fund this new social contract. The 2019 World Development Report presents an analysis of these issues based upon the available evidence.

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781498344111

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Structural Reforms and Macroeconomic Performance - Initial Considerations for the Fund by International Monetary Fund Pdf

Structural policies have become a prominent feature of today’s macroeconomic policy discussion. For many countries, lackluster economic growth and high unemployment cloud the outlook. With fewer traditional policy options, policymakers are increasingly focused on the complementary role of structural policies in promoting more durable job-rich growth. In particular, the G20 has emphasized the essential role of structural reforms in ensuring strong, sustainable and balanced growth. Against this backdrop, the 2014 Triennial Surveillance Review (TSR) called for further work to enhance the Fund’s ability to selectively provide more expert analysis and advice on structural issues, particularly where there is broad interest among member countries. The purpose of this paper is to engage the Board on staff’s post-TSR work toward strengthening the Fund’s capacity to analyze and, where relevant, offer policy advice on macro-relevant structural issues.

Author : Barbara Nunberg
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Civil service reform
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Public Sector Pay and Employment Reform by Barbara Nunberg Pdf

Overstaffed bureaucracies afflicted by eroding salaries, demoralization, corruption, moonlighting, and chronic absenteeism are often unable to carry out the key tasks of economic recovery. What should the Bank do about it?

Author : Tompson William
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264073111

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The Political Economy of Reform Lessons from Pensions, Product Markets and Labour Markets in Ten OECD Countries by Tompson William Pdf

By looking at 20 reform efforts in ten OECD countries, this report examines why some reforms are implemented and other languish.

Author : Philippa Dee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136304934

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Economic Reform Processes in South Asia by Philippa Dee Pdf

While South Asia’s economic reform initiatives of the last two decades were often born in crisis, this alone does not account for their occurrence. This book looks at the processes and institutional arrangements behind these reforms, and analyses what lessons can be learnt about how South Asia can improve its policy efficiency. The book develops ideas about how to overcome the political restraints to reform by drawing on recent theories of political economy and policy learning. It tests these ideas against authoritative case studies of actual reform initiatives in South Asia, which illustrate processes and institutional arrangements that have helped South Asian governments to sustain reform efforts, even in the absence of a strong political base. This offers valuable lessons for the global economy as it moves into a phase of rebalancing, with the structural adjustments that this will require. The book goes on to identify weaknesses that could be addressed by South Asian national governments and regional forums. It is an important contribution to studies on South Asian Politics and International Political Economy

Author : Philippa Dee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135255381

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Institutions for Economic Reform in Asia by Philippa Dee Pdf

Consisting of theoretical chapters and six country case study chapters, this book sets out some of the principles that are critical to success in regional cooperation and the ways APEC can promote structural reform efforts in APEC economies.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Postal service
ISBN : MINN:31951D038162588

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Postal Reform Act of 2013 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Pdf

Author : Ian Alexander,Antonio Estache
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Crecimiento economico
ISBN : UCSD:31822028600252

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Infrastructure Restructuring and Regulation by Ian Alexander,Antonio Estache Pdf

Reforms to make infrastructure services more competitive and to provide strong and independent economic regulation of natural monopolies create an environment more conducive to private sector participation in infrastructure investments, efficiency savings that can be passed on to consumers, and better provision of services.

Author : Terukazu Suruga,Phanhpakit Onphanhdala,Yuka Kaneko
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789819915569

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Economic Law Reforms in the ASEAN Emerging Economies by Terukazu Suruga,Phanhpakit Onphanhdala,Yuka Kaneko Pdf

This book reviews the periodic changes in the legal policies of the late-developing ASEAN countries, often known as the CLMV countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam), in their continuous path toward globalization after the collapse of the socialist bloc. The book also identifies the characteristics of the legal reforms in their present stage guided by the common framework under the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) moving toward 2025. The first stage is illustrated by the ASEAN-style utilization of foreign investments as reflected in all investment laws and policies of CLMV countries in the 1990s, which featured entry control (as “sticks”) and investment incentives (as “carrots”). Those controls and incentives were the means to induce investors to assume various performance requirements to contribute to industrial policies. The second stage witnessed a shift toward enhanced liberalization as an endeavor toward the WTO accession during the 2000s, as seen in the integrated investment laws that appealed for the national treatment of foreign investors. At the same time, those investment laws emphasized the substantive provisions (e.g., fair and equitable treatment and indirect expropriation) and procedural protections (e.g., provision of Investor–State Dispute Resolution mechanisms) as an appeal for stabilization of the investment climate. The third stage of legal policy, as evidenced by the recent amendments to the investment laws, is newly focused on environmental and social considerations, which seems to be an indispensable response to the increasing social protests against the negative impacts of investment promotion. Simultaneously, the means of administrative controls over investors, established in the first stage, are uniquely utilized for the realization of new goals.