The text mentions that in the developing world, teacher absenteeism is a serious problem, averaging 19 percent across six poor countries. An article in the Journal of Economic Perspectives states that absenteeism of health care workers in the five of those countries where data was available averages 35 percent, or almost double the rate of teacher absence. Suggest some ways that developing countries might try to successfully reduce the high absentee rates of health care workers, and any possible problems they may encounter in implementing your suggestions.

Source: Nazmul Chaudhury, Jeffrey Hammer, Michael Kremer, Karthik Muralidharan, and F. Halsey Rogers, “Missing in Action: Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20, no. 1, Winter 2006, pp 91 – 116.