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Retrenchment programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons for demobilization

by Professor Moses N. Kiggundu

Moses N. Kiggundu is Professor at the School of Business of Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. SIZE AND SCOPE OF RETRENCHMENT

III. APPROACHES TO RETRENCHMENT

IV. IMPACT ASSESSMENT

1. Employment and Costs
2. Labor Markets
3. Gender

V. IMPLICATIONS FOR DEMOBILIZATION

1. Policy Objectives
2. Political Risk Analysis
3. Lack of Data and Objective Information
4. Social Implications
5. Human Resource Development and Utilization

VI. REFERENCES

TABLES AND BOXES

• Table 1: Ghana: Public Sector Employment and Retrenchment, 1987 and 1992
• Table 2: Senegal: Civil Service Voluntary Departure Program, 1991
• Table 3: Ghana State Enterprises’ Retrenchments: Numbers, Costs and Occupations, 1985-89
• Table 4: Public Sector Employment Reduction by Different Mechanisms, 1981-90: Selected Countries
• Table 5: Wage Trends for Selected Governments
• Table 6: Severance Payments for Selected Countries
• Box 1: Uganda’s Proposed Retrenchment by Salary Scale
• Box 2: Recommended Approaches to Retrenchment in Uganda and Ghana
• Box 3: The Changing Composition of Salary and Benefits