title: Missing in action: teacher and health worker absence in developing countries.
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.
authors.affiliation: South Asia Human Development, World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA.
authors.forename: Nazmul
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chaudhury
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: Karthik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muralidharan
authors.forename: F Halsey
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D003906:Developing Countries; D005178:Faculty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019370:Observation / Q000379:methods; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic