New labour relations challenge in Britain’s privatised railway
Britain’s railway employers and unions have been handed a big challenge by a new official report into value for money in the privatised industry, which was published on 19 May 2011. (2011)

Jobs in developent: what will the World Bank say?
The World Bank’s 2013 World Development Report, in production now, has the simple working title Jobs. What will it say and whose voices will influence it? (2011)

Decent work for all: time for a new approach?
With core labour standards and employment rights still denied to so many, it is understandable that the global union movement focuses on the basics of the decent work agenda. But the Arab Spring has demonstrated the powerfully unifying and motivating force of the struggle for democracy, and unions -- already inspired by its spirit -- could learn more from that. To transcend the incremental gains already being made and bring about a paradigm shift, they need to focus on what seem to be the loftier goals of the Decent Work Agenda, to democratise workplaces, as an essential part of the means to achieving more secure jobs and social protection. (2011)

Voluntarism and Public Service: Learning from the world’s best pre-schools
How political and practical interaction between the local state, civil society organisations and service users have produced world class services -- and sustained their improvement. (2011)

Challenges for workers in Bogotá‘s Transmilenio
Case study of labour issues in the development of Bogotá's Bus Rapid Transit system, Transmilenio, prepared for Public World's Decent Development project planning seminar in London in 2010, with the support of FNV Mondiaal. (2010)

Desafíos para los trabajadores en el Transmilenio de Bogotá
Se elaboró este estudio de caso para informar los participantes de un taller de planificación para el proyecto “Desarrollo Decente” que Public World desarrolla en colaboración con cuatro Federaciones Sindicales Internacionales y con FNV Mondiaal. (2010)

How the railways changed the world
In a fascinating book, Christian Wolmar charts a history of the world's railways and argues that their role in economic and social development makes them the most important invention of the last millennium. (2010)

The high public price of Britain’s private railway
Originally written for an OECD seminar about regulatory reform but later updated, this article looks at how privatised companies cut their costs by outsourcing maintenance -- and how that undermined safety. (2010)

Cutting costs and improving public services in Sweden
How a union showed employers that mobilising the knowledge of their workers could boost quality and productivity (2009)

FAN - World Bank dialogue scoping study commentary
Commentary about obstacles to understanding between civil society organisations and the World Bank. (2008)

Globalisation on Wheels
Report for International Transport Workers Federation about how the World Bank’s transport policies have met the needs of transnational business. (2008)

At the Crossroads: Which way for the World Bank’s transport strategy?
Discussion of the World Bank’s then draft transport strategy document, for the Bretton Woods Project. (2007)

Can transnational corporations legally apply conditions to companies that supply them with contract
Study for ICEM of legal issues complicating the power of companies to comply with union demands for labour standards in their suppliers of outsourced workers. (2007)

EU Public Procurement Regulation and Core Labour Standards
Report of a study commissioned by the UK Department for International Development. (2007)

Academy Schools: Case Unproven
Study of then government’s plans for school reform, including chapter on the experience of US charter schools. (2006)

Partnership and Productivity in the Public Sector
Report for the New Zealand government about the role of employee engagement in improving public service productivity. (2006)

Partnership and Productivity in the Public Sector, Executive Summary
Summary of report for the New Zealand government about the role of employee engagement in improving public service productivity. (2006)

Social dialogue as an instrument of social policy
Paper for World Bank conference Development in a Globalizing World: New Frontiers of Social Policy. (2005)

Bahnprivatisierung durch Konzessionsvergabe
Ursachen und Auswirkungen der Privatisierungen in Lateinamerika. Ein Bericht für die Internationale Transportarbeiter-Föderation (ITF). (2002)

Järnvägsprivatisering genom Koncessioner
Upprinnelsen till och effekterna av erfarenheten i Latinamerika. En rapport för Internationella transportarbetarefederationen (ITF). (2002)

La Privatisation des Chemins de Fer à travers l’Octroi de Concessions
Origines et incidence de l’expérience latino-américaine. Rapport de la Fédération internationale des ouvriers du transport (ITF). (2002)

Privatização Ferroviária através de Concessões
As origens e efeitos da experiência na América Latina. Relatório para a Federação Internacional dos Trabalhadores de Transporte (ITF). (2002)

Privatización Ferroviaria mediante Concesiones
Orígenes y consecuencias de la experiencia en América Latina. Informe para la Federación Internacional de los Trabajadores del Transporte (ITF). (2002)

Railway privatisation through concessions: Origins and effects of the experience in Latin America
Russian translation of Report for the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). (2002)

Railway privatisation through concessions: Origins and effects of the experience in Latin America
Report for the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). (2002)

Privatization of municipal services: Potential, limitations and challenges for the social partners
Working paper for the International Labour Organisation. (2001)

New Leaf or Fig Leaf? The challenge of the new Washington Consensus
Discussion of the critique of neo-liberal policies by Joseph Stiglitz, who had just resigned as World Bank chief economist. (2000)

Ajuste estructural y privatización ferroviaria
La política del Banco Mundial y su puesta en práctica por el gobierno en Costa de Marfil y de Ghana. (1998)

Ajustement structurel et privatisation des chemins de fer
Politique de la Banque mondiale et pratiques gouvernementales en Côte d’Ivoire et au Ghana. (1998)

Structural Adjustment & Railways Privatisation
World Bank policy and government practice in Ivory Coast and Ghana. Comparative study of the effects of railway restructuring in two west African countries. (1998)

Strukturanpassning och Järnvägsprivatisering
Världsbankspolicy och statlig praxis i Elfenbenskusten och Ghana. (1998)

Strukturanpassung und Eisenbahnprivatisierung
Die Politik der Weltbank und der Regierungen in der Republik Elfenbeinküste und in Ghana. (1998)

The Social and Employment Consequences of Privatisation in Transition Countries
Evidence and Guidelines. Report for the International Labour Organisation, based on desk research and discussions of a course at its Turin education centre. (1998)