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Recruiting and motivating health workers in Zambia

Do-Gooders and Go-Getters: Career Incentives, Selection, and Performance in Public Service Delivery (Working Paper)

Working paper 1 Jul 2014 State and Tax

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Nava Ashraf

Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Oriana Bandiera

Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Scott Lee

MD-PhD Candidate, Harvard University
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