Addressing Absence

摘要

Absent providers are a major problem both for public health facilities and primary schools in many developing countries. The paper by Chaudhury and others in this issue provides new and systematic evidence on the rates of absenteeism based on surveys of absence rates of teachers and health workers in several developing countries. For example, in India, absence rates for teachers are over 24 percent, and for health providers they are over 40 percent.