Reducing the size of the public sector workforce: Institutional constraints and human consequences in Guinea
研究了西非国家几内亚公共部门裁员项目的财政、制度和人力后果，发现财政收益有限、补偿方案精准，但工人长期失业导致人力成本高昂。
Public sector employment reduction programmes have become an important component of economic reform efforts in sub‐Saharan Africa. This article examines the fiscal, institutional and human consequences of an employment reduction programme in the West African state of Guinea. While fiscal benefits appear to have been marginal and compensation schemes well targeted, the human costs of the programme were significant due to long spells of unemployment among retrenched workers.