Reducing Geographical Imbalances of Health Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Labor Market Perspective on What Works, What Does Not, and Why
This report discusses and analyzes labor market dynamics and outcomes (including unemployment, worker shortages, and urban-rural imbalances of categories of health workers) from a labor economics perspective. It then uses insights from this perspec...
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ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AUXILIARY NURSES BIRTH ATTENDANTS BIRTH RATES BRAIN DRAIN BURDEN OF DISEASE CAESAREAN SECTIONS CASH TRANSFERS CHILDHOOD DISEASES CLINICAL GUIDELINES CLINICS COMMUNITY HEALTH COST EFFECTIVENESS COST-EFFECTIVENESS COUNSELING DEATHS DESCRIPTION DISSEMINATION ECONOMIC POLICIES EQUILIBRIUM EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES EXISTING RESOURCES EXPOSURE TO HEALTH RISKS FEASIBILITY STUDIES FEMALE FEMALES FEWER YEARS OF EDUCATION FISCAL CONSTRAINTS FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER GENERAL PRACTITIONERS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EXTENSION HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OFFICIALS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH TRAINING HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HIV HIV/AIDS HOMES HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT HEALTH IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMPORTANT POLICY INCENTIVE SCHEMES INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDEXES INEQUALITY INEQUITIES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INJURIES INSERVICE TRAINING JOB SECURITY KEY HEALTH INTERVENTIONS LAB TESTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SHORTAGES LABOR SUPPLY LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE LEGAL STATUS LIVE BIRTH LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MALARIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MARRIED COUPLES MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL SCHOOL MEDICAL SUPPLIES MIDWIFE MIDWIVES MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRIES OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MORTALITY LEVELS MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL LEVEL NURSE NURSES NURSES TRAINING NURSING OBSTETRICAL COMPLICATIONS PATIENT PATIENTS PEDIATRICS PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR AREAS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROUPS POVERTY INDICATORS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PRIVATE DOCTORS PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY REMOTE AREAS REMOTE RURAL AREAS RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL CLINICS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL DIFFERENCES RURAL DISTRICTS RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL GAP RURAL GAPS RURAL HEALTH RURAL HEALTH CARE RURAL LABOR RURAL MARKETS RURAL MEDICINE RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POLICY RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL PROVINCES RURAL REGIONS RURAL SERVICE RURAL SERVICES RURAL WORKERS SAFETY SCARCE RESOURCES SKILL LEVEL SOCIAL FACTORS SPILLOVER SPOUSE SPOUSES SURGERY TARGETING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRANSPORTATION UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN HEALTH CARE USER FEES VILLAGES VIOLENCE WAR WOMAN WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION |
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ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AUXILIARY NURSES BIRTH ATTENDANTS BIRTH RATES BRAIN DRAIN BURDEN OF DISEASE CAESAREAN SECTIONS CASH TRANSFERS CHILDHOOD DISEASES CLINICAL GUIDELINES CLINICS COMMUNITY HEALTH COST EFFECTIVENESS COST-EFFECTIVENESS COUNSELING DEATHS DESCRIPTION DISSEMINATION ECONOMIC POLICIES EQUILIBRIUM EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES EXISTING RESOURCES EXPOSURE TO HEALTH RISKS FEASIBILITY STUDIES FEMALE FEMALES FEWER YEARS OF EDUCATION FISCAL CONSTRAINTS FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER GENERAL PRACTITIONERS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EXTENSION HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OFFICIALS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH TRAINING HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HIV HIV/AIDS HOMES HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT HEALTH IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMPORTANT POLICY INCENTIVE SCHEMES INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDEXES INEQUALITY INEQUITIES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INJURIES INSERVICE TRAINING JOB SECURITY KEY HEALTH INTERVENTIONS LAB TESTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SHORTAGES LABOR SUPPLY LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE LEGAL STATUS LIVE BIRTH LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MALARIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MARRIED COUPLES MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL SCHOOL MEDICAL SUPPLIES MIDWIFE MIDWIVES MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRIES OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MORTALITY LEVELS MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL LEVEL NURSE NURSES NURSES TRAINING NURSING OBSTETRICAL COMPLICATIONS PATIENT PATIENTS PEDIATRICS PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR AREAS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROUPS POVERTY INDICATORS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PRIVATE DOCTORS PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY REMOTE AREAS REMOTE RURAL AREAS RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL CLINICS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL DIFFERENCES RURAL DISTRICTS RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL GAP RURAL GAPS RURAL HEALTH RURAL HEALTH CARE RURAL LABOR RURAL MARKETS RURAL MEDICINE RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POLICY RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL PROVINCES RURAL REGIONS RURAL SERVICE RURAL SERVICES RURAL WORKERS SAFETY SCARCE RESOURCES SKILL LEVEL SOCIAL FACTORS SPILLOVER SPOUSE SPOUSES SURGERY TARGETING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRANSPORTATION UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN HEALTH CARE USER FEES VILLAGES VIOLENCE WAR WOMAN WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Lemiere, Christophe Herbst, Christopher H. Jahanshahi, Negda Smith, Ellen Soucat, Agnes Reducing Geographical Imbalances of Health Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Labor Market Perspective on What Works, What Does Not, and Why |
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World Bank Working Paper ; No. 209. Africa
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This report discusses and analyzes labor
market dynamics and outcomes (including unemployment, worker
shortages, and urban-rural imbalances of categories of
health workers) from a labor economics perspective. It then
uses insights from this perspective as a basis for
elaborating policy options that incorporate the underlying
labor market forces. The goal of the study is to address
undesirable outcomes (including urban-rural HRH imbalances)
more effectively. The study draws on an extensive inventory
of policy options relevant to urban-rural labor force
imbalance in Sub-Saharan Africa and the experiences with
these imbalances to date. Given the limited documentation
available on this topic through formal channels, the review
relies heavily on 'gray literature' from
policymakers in Sub-Saharan Africa and their development
partners, especially the World Bank and the World Health
Organization (WHO). The report is divided into five main
sections. The first section focuses on economic policies
related to Human Resources for Health (HRH) objectives. It
argues that policymaking has ignored health labor market
dynamics. The second section provides data showing the
extent of urban-rural imbalances and describes how these
imbalances affect health system outcomes. The third section
uses a health labor market framework to explain these
imbalances. The fourth section outlines policy options
relevant to Sub-Saharan Africa for addressing market
distortions and affecting labor market outcomes. It also
reviews evidence on the policies, strategies, and programs
designed to address geographic imbalances in Sub-Saharan
Africa, highlighting what has been done, what has worked,
and what has not. The last section provides a roadmap for policymakers. |
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Publications & Research :: Publication |
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Lemiere, Christophe Herbst, Christopher H. Jahanshahi, Negda Smith, Ellen Soucat, Agnes |
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Lemiere, Christophe Herbst, Christopher H. Jahanshahi, Negda Smith, Ellen Soucat, Agnes |
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Lemiere, Christophe |
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Reducing Geographical Imbalances of
Health Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Labor Market
Perspective on What Works, What Does Not, and Why |
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Reducing Geographical Imbalances of
Health Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Labor Market
Perspective on What Works, What Does Not, and Why |
| title_full |
Reducing Geographical Imbalances of
Health Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Labor Market
Perspective on What Works, What Does Not, and Why |
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Reducing Geographical Imbalances of
Health Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Labor Market
Perspective on What Works, What Does Not, and Why |
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Reducing Geographical Imbalances of
Health Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Labor Market
Perspective on What Works, What Does Not, and Why |
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reducing geographical imbalances of
health workers in sub-saharan africa : a labor market
perspective on what works, what does not, and why |
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World Bank |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-59192021-04-23T14:02:24Z Reducing Geographical Imbalances of Health Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Labor Market Perspective on What Works, What Does Not, and Why Lemiere, Christophe Herbst, Christopher H. Jahanshahi, Negda Smith, Ellen Soucat, Agnes ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AUXILIARY NURSES BIRTH ATTENDANTS BIRTH RATES BRAIN DRAIN BURDEN OF DISEASE CAESAREAN SECTIONS CASH TRANSFERS CHILDHOOD DISEASES CLINICAL GUIDELINES CLINICS COMMUNITY HEALTH COST EFFECTIVENESS COST-EFFECTIVENESS COUNSELING DEATHS DESCRIPTION DISSEMINATION ECONOMIC POLICIES EQUILIBRIUM EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES EXISTING RESOURCES EXPOSURE TO HEALTH RISKS FEASIBILITY STUDIES FEMALE FEMALES FEWER YEARS OF EDUCATION FISCAL CONSTRAINTS FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER GENERAL PRACTITIONERS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EXTENSION HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OFFICIALS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH TRAINING HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HIV HIV/AIDS HOMES HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT HEALTH IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMPORTANT POLICY INCENTIVE SCHEMES INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDEXES INEQUALITY INEQUITIES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INJURIES INSERVICE TRAINING JOB SECURITY KEY HEALTH INTERVENTIONS LAB TESTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SHORTAGES LABOR SUPPLY LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE LEGAL STATUS LIVE BIRTH LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MALARIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MARRIED COUPLES MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL SCHOOL MEDICAL SUPPLIES MIDWIFE MIDWIVES MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRIES OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MORTALITY LEVELS MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL LEVEL NURSE NURSES NURSES TRAINING NURSING OBSTETRICAL COMPLICATIONS PATIENT PATIENTS PEDIATRICS PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR AREAS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROUPS POVERTY INDICATORS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PRIVATE DOCTORS PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY REMOTE AREAS REMOTE RURAL AREAS RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL CLINICS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL DIFFERENCES RURAL DISTRICTS RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL GAP RURAL GAPS RURAL HEALTH RURAL HEALTH CARE RURAL LABOR RURAL MARKETS RURAL MEDICINE RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POLICY RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL PROVINCES RURAL REGIONS RURAL SERVICE RURAL SERVICES RURAL WORKERS SAFETY SCARCE RESOURCES SKILL LEVEL SOCIAL FACTORS SPILLOVER SPOUSE SPOUSES SURGERY TARGETING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRANSPORTATION UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN HEALTH CARE USER FEES VILLAGES VIOLENCE WAR WOMAN WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION This report discusses and analyzes labor market dynamics and outcomes (including unemployment, worker shortages, and urban-rural imbalances of categories of health workers) from a labor economics perspective. It then uses insights from this perspective as a basis for elaborating policy options that incorporate the underlying labor market forces. The goal of the study is to address undesirable outcomes (including urban-rural HRH imbalances) more effectively. The study draws on an extensive inventory of policy options relevant to urban-rural labor force imbalance in Sub-Saharan Africa and the experiences with these imbalances to date. Given the limited documentation available on this topic through formal channels, the review relies heavily on 'gray literature' from policymakers in Sub-Saharan Africa and their development partners, especially the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO). The report is divided into five main sections. The first section focuses on economic policies related to Human Resources for Health (HRH) objectives. It argues that policymaking has ignored health labor market dynamics. The second section provides data showing the extent of urban-rural imbalances and describes how these imbalances affect health system outcomes. The third section uses a health labor market framework to explain these imbalances. The fourth section outlines policy options relevant to Sub-Saharan Africa for addressing market distortions and affecting labor market outcomes. It also reviews evidence on the policies, strategies, and programs designed to address geographic imbalances in Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting what has been done, what has worked, and what has not. The last section provides a roadmap for policymakers. 2012-03-19T09:02:26Z 2012-04-04T07:43:52Z 2012-03-19T09:02:26Z 2012-04-04T07:43:52Z 2011 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20110107020314 978-0-8213-8599-9 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2254 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5919 English World Bank Working Paper ; No. 209. Africa Human Development Series CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa |