The economies of the less developed countries are about to face perhaps the greatest challenge in their histories: generating a sufficient number of jobs at reasonable wages to absorb their rapidly growing populations into productive employment. In terms of absolute magnitude, this challenge has...

To stimulate economic advancement, low- and middle-income countries need well-educated and trained workforces to fill the types of skilled jobs that drive economic growth. Improving educational quality and attainment and providing better training are all rightly put forth as policy...

Health manpower planning is a key component of health sector planning. It is crucially important for countries with scarce indigenous human resources, such as the oil-rich developing countries in the middle east. Most of these countries have adopted a policy of indigenisation. Health manpower...