Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword, The Government of Ghana -- Foreword, The World Bank -- Acknowledgments -- Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Part I Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 1 Toward Evidence-Based Interventions for HRH -- Health Outcomes and HRH -- Objective and Organization of This Book -- Conceptual Framework -- Key Findings on Stock, Distribution, and Performance -- Toward Evidence-Based Intervention -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II The HRH Situation -- Chapter 2 The Stock of Health Workers -- Summary of Findings -- Public Sector Health Worker Numbers -- What Explains the Stock of Health Workers? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 The Distribution of Health Workers -- Summary of Findings -- Where Ghana's Health Workers Are Employed -- Reasons for the Uneven Distribution of Health Workers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 The Performance of Health Workers -- Summary of Findings -- Evidence on Health Worker Performance -- Determinants of Performance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART III Toward Interventions in HRH -- Chapter 5 Ghana's Agencies and Their Roles and Responsibilities in HRH -- The Organization of Health Services Management -- HRH Responsibilities of the (Nonautonomous) Public Sector Agencies -- HRH Responsibilities of the (Semiautonomous) Public Sector Agencies -- HRH Responsibilities of the (Semiautonomous) Private, Not-for-Profit Agency -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Interventions to Increase Stock and Improve Distribution and Performance of HRH -- Interventions to Increase Stock -- Interventions to Improve Distribution -- Interventions to Improve Performance -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 Financing Available for Policy and Interventions -- Summary of Findings.

The Health Workforce Wage Bill in the Public Sector -- Consequences of Wage Bill Reforms -- Health Spending Patterns -- Fiscal Space in Health -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8 The Political Economy of Crafting Policy -- Summary of Findings -- Players and Perspectives -- The Policy Process -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- APPENDIXES Analysis of Decision-Making Authority, Training Institutions, and Compensation -- Appendix A Allocation of Decision-Making Authority Regarding HRH at the Various Levels of the Health System -- Summary of Findings -- Decision-Making Authority for the Management of HRH -- Appendix B Capacity of Health-Training Institutions -- Summary of Findings -- Physical Capacity -- Technical Capacity -- Organizational Capacity -- Notes -- References -- Appendix C Health Worker Wages before and after the Salary Rationalization Program of 2006 -- Summary of Findings -- Base Salary -- The Additional Duty Hours Allowance -- The New Health Salary Structure -- Notes -- References -- Boxes -- Figures -- Tables -- Back Cover.