Missing in Action: Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries
Language:
English
Series/Journal Title:
Journal of Economic Perpspectives
Copyright:
2005
Pages:
43
Description:
This paper reports results from surveys in which enumerators made unannounced visits to primary schools and health clinics in Bangladesh, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Peru, and Uganda and recorded whether they found teachers and health workers in the facilities. Averaging across the countries, about 35 percent of health workers were absent. [from author]
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