1. Social Impact Assessment of Croatian Railway Reforms
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World Bank
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PASSENGERS ,PUBLIC SERVICE ,TAX ,TRAINING SYSTEM ,INFRASTRUCTURE ,LAID-OFF WORKERS ,TRAM ,HEALTH INSURANCE ,EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ,TRAINING PROGRAMS ,JOB ,RAILWAY COMPANIES ,RAILWAYS ,ROAD ,TRIPS ,DRIVERS ,EMPLOYMENT ,RETRAINING PROGRAM ,CARS ,TRANSPORT MARKET ,UNION REPRESENTATIVE ,HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,DISMISSAL ,INVESTMENTS ,LABOR PRODUCTIVITY ,WORKERS ,JOBS ,UNEMPLOYED PERSON ,CAR ,RAILWAY ,OCCUPATIONS ,TRANSPORT SECTOR ,OCCUPATION ,YOUNGER WORKERS ,EARLY RETIREMENT ,LABOR COSTS ,PRIVATE COMPANY ,TRANSPARENCY ,TRAINING GROUP ,UNION REPRESENTATIVES ,WORKER ,RAILWAY LINE ,UNEMPLOYED ,RAILWAY SECTOR ,UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT ,PENSIONERS ,SEVERANCE PAYMENT ,VOLUNTEERS ,RETIREMENT ,SERVICE PROVIDER ,ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT ,BUSES ,LABOR MARKET ,JOB SEARCH ,RAIL ,TRAINS ,RETRENCHED WORKERS ,RAILWAY LINES ,COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT ,TRUE ,SEVERANCE PAYMENTS ,LOCOMOTIVE ,ATTRITION ,COSTS ,TRANSIT ,UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ,EMPLOYEE ,EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ,LABOUR ,ROUTE ,PASSENGERS DAILY ,UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ,ROADS ,INCOME TAX ,FINDING JOBS ,HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ,VACATIONS ,POLICIES ,DRIVING ,UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ,COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS ,UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ,TRAVEL ,UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL ,SAFETY ,JOB OFFER ,EMPLOYEES ,PRIVATE SECTOR ,PASSENGER TRANSPORT ,HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ,SOCIOLOGISTS ,TRAINING ,HUMAN RESOURCES ,PRIVATE COMPANIES ,GASOLINE ,TRAFFIC ,TRANSPORT SERVICES ,PASSENGER TRAFFIC ,EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP ,MEANS OF TRANSPORT ,RAILWAY ROUTE ,RAIL LINE ,MOTORWAY NETWORK ,UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ,BUS ,UNSKILLED WORKERS ,PREVIOUS WORK ,TRANSPORT INVESTMENT ,MANAGEMENT ,FREIGHT ,PRIMARY SCHOOL ,LABOR ,VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ,RETRAINING PROGRAMS ,PASSENGER SERVICES ,TRUCKS ,TRAFFIC SAFETY ,TRAINING PLAN ,WORK EXPERIENCE ,INSPECTION ,RAILWAY WORKERS ,LABOR FORCE ,TRANSPORT ,TRANSPORTATION ,MANPOWER ,DISABILITIES ,OLDER WORKERS ,ROAD TRANSPORT ,FINANCIAL COMPENSATION ,TRAINING COURSES - Abstract
In Croatia, initial steps to reform the railway sector date back to the middle of the first decade of the 2000s, with the formation of Croatian railways as a holding company. To help with further reforms of the Croatian railway sector, over the period 2011-2013, the World Bank was engaged in dialogue with the Croatian Government and the Croatian railway companies which resulted in a Croatian railway policy note. The poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) is an analysis of the intended and unintended consequences of policy reforms on the wellbeing or welfare of different social groups, with particular focus on the poor and vulnerable. PSIA offers a set of analytical and process tools that: (a) determine distributional impacts to improve the analytical underpinnings of policy making; and (b) engage appropriate stakeholders in the policy-making process. The report is divided into following sections: first section gives executive summary. The introduction provides information on the economic situation in Croatia, including unemployment rates and pensions, the situation of the railway sector, and data on the restructuring process of the Croatian railways companies in second section. The third section contains the results obtained from the group discussions and in-depth interviews which are divided into four parts: the circumstances upon leaving the railway companies, after leaving, transferring to a new workplace, and the broader impacts on the community, including the impacts of closed and reduced lines. The last part of the section contains recommendations based on the obtained results.
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- 2015