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Globalisation and Social Protection Reforms in Sri Lanka

2006; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 29; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00856400601031997

1479-0270

Ramanie Samaratunge, Chris Nyland,

Social Policy and Reform Studies

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1 L. Eden, and S. Lenway, 'Introduction to the Symposium', in the Journal of International Business Studies, Vol.XXXII, no.3 (2001), pp.383–400. 2 International Labour Organization (ILO), World Labour Report 2000: Income Security and Social Protection in a Changing World (Manila: ILO, 2000). 3 C. Zhu and C. Nyland, 'Marketisation, Globalization and Social Protection Reform: Emerging HRM issues in China', in the International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol.XV, no.4 (2004), pp.853–77; and C. Zhu and C. Nyland, 'Marketisation, Globalization and Social Protection Reform in China: Implications for the Global Social Protection Debate and for Foreign Investors', in the Journal of Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol.XXXVII, no.1 (2005), pp.49–73. 4 International Monetary Fund (IMF), Social Dimensions of the IMF's Policy Dialogue (Washington DC: IMF, 2001). 5 World Bank, Social Protection Sector Strategy: From Safety Net to Springboard (Washington DC: World Bank, 2001). 6 Asian Development Bank (ADB), Framework for Operations on Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific (Manila: ADB, 2001). 7 Zhu and Nyland, 'Marketisation, Globalization and Social Protection Reform: Emerging HRM issues in China', pp.853–77. 8 World Bank, Social Protection Sector Strategy: From Safety Net to Springboard, p.i. 9 G. Esping-Andersen, The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1990). 10 I. 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Performance and Aptitude Appraisal, AR/01 (Colombo: Presidential Secretariat, 1996). 45 Esping-Anderson, Welfare States in Transition: National Adaptations in Global Economies. 46 For details see the Institute of Policy Studies, 'Privatization in Sri Lanka: Social Effects and Restructuring', discussion paper prepared for a sub-regional meeting on privatisation in South Asia, Kathmandu, 24–26 November, 1999. 47 Jayasuriya, Welfarism and Politics in Sri Lanka. 48 Ibid. 49 Asian Development Bank (ADB), Sri Lanka: Responding to New Social Challenges, Social Sector Profile (Manila: ADB, 1997). 50 Ibid. 51 Jayasuriya, Welfarism and Politics in Sri Lanka. 52 World Bank, Social Protection Sector Strategy: From Safety Net to Springboard, p.75. 53 World Bank, Sri Lanka: Recapturing Missed Opportunities; and International Monetary Fund (IMF), Sri Lanka: Recent Economic Developments, IMF Country Report No.01/70 (Washington DC: IMF, 2001). 54 These interviews were conducted with 2 ministers in the central government, 11 senior bureaucrats (ministerial secretaries and directors in the public sector including a high officer of the Central Bank), 3 employees from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Education, and 5 ex-employees of the Mahaweli Authority, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Steel Corporation. 55 People's Alliance (PA), Party Manifestos: Sri Lanka Elections 2001 (Colombo: PA, 2001). 56 Ibid. 57 United National Party (UNP), Party Manifestos: Sri Lanka Elections 2001 (Colombo: UNP, 2001). 58 Ibid.