Foreword and Acknowledgments -- Executive summary -- Key findings -- Analytical framework of health labour markets -- Trends in health labour markets and policy priorities to address workforce issues -- Education and training for doctors and nurses: What's happening with numerus clausus...

Health workers are the cornerstone of health systems, playing a central role in providing health services to the population and improving health outcomes. The demand and supply of health workers have increased over time in all OECD countries, with jobs in the health and social sector accounting...

From academic research to development work and back again -- Women, health-care work, and the politics of development -- Developing the nation -- A Dutch-Yemeni project -- Longing for education : women from the city -- The first phase of the project, 1985-1988 -- Looking for employment : women...