doi: 10.1257/089533006776526058.
Missing in action: teacher and health worker absence in developing countries
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Missing in action: teacher and health worker absence in developing countries
J Econ Perspect.
2006 Winter.
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Abstract
In this paper, we report results from surveys in which enumerators make 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.
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