Guinea-Bissau : Health Labor Market Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive diagnostic of the labor market for health workers in Guinea-Bissau. It provides the evidence base for a new strategic plan for health workforce development. The report analyzes three dimensions: (i) workers’ dem...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/838831561651765948/Guinea-Bissau-Health-Labor-Market-Analysis
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spelling okr-10986-320302021-05-25T09:25:44Z Guinea-Bissau : Health Labor Market Analysis World Bank HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY PRIVATE HEALTH CARE NURSES AND MIDWIVES HEALTH WORKFORCE WAGES COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS COMPENSATION LABOR SUPPLY This report provides a comprehensive diagnostic of the labor market for health workers in Guinea-Bissau. It provides the evidence base for a new strategic plan for health workforce development. The report analyzes three dimensions: (i) workers’ demographics, motivations, aspirations and satisfaction; (ii) hours worked and its distribution across different activities; and (iii) compensation, household income and consumption. Beyond this, it also calculates wage and labor supply equations. The analysis accounts for both, health professionals (doctors, nurses, midwifes, technicians) and community health workers, who are treated as volunteers in the Bissau-Guinean health system. 2019-07-02T21:30:12Z 2019-07-02T21:30:12Z 2019-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/838831561651765948/Guinea-Bissau-Health-Labor-Market-Analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32030 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Guinea-Bissau
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topic HEALTH WORKERS
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
PRIVATE HEALTH CARE
NURSES AND MIDWIVES
HEALTH WORKFORCE
WAGES
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
COMPENSATION
LABOR SUPPLY
spellingShingle HEALTH WORKERS
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
PRIVATE HEALTH CARE
NURSES AND MIDWIVES
HEALTH WORKFORCE
WAGES
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
COMPENSATION
LABOR SUPPLY
World Bank
Guinea-Bissau : Health Labor Market Analysis
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Guinea-Bissau
description This report provides a comprehensive diagnostic of the labor market for health workers in Guinea-Bissau. It provides the evidence base for a new strategic plan for health workforce development. The report analyzes three dimensions: (i) workers’ demographics, motivations, aspirations and satisfaction; (ii) hours worked and its distribution across different activities; and (iii) compensation, household income and consumption. Beyond this, it also calculates wage and labor supply equations. The analysis accounts for both, health professionals (doctors, nurses, midwifes, technicians) and community health workers, who are treated as volunteers in the Bissau-Guinean health system.
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author World Bank
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title Guinea-Bissau : Health Labor Market Analysis
title_short Guinea-Bissau : Health Labor Market Analysis
title_full Guinea-Bissau : Health Labor Market Analysis
title_fullStr Guinea-Bissau : Health Labor Market Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Guinea-Bissau : Health Labor Market Analysis
title_sort guinea-bissau : health labor market analysis
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/838831561651765948/Guinea-Bissau-Health-Labor-Market-Analysis
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