Behaviors that are putting people's health and well-being at risk are widespread in the
developing world and some of them, like smoking and unhealthy diets, are on the rise. Some …

Behaviors that are putting people's health at risk are widespread and some of them are on
the rise. Some of these behaviors can be prohibited or prevented by taxation. But financial …

Behaviors that pose risks for an individual's health and that also represent important threats
for public health, such as drug use, smoking, alcohol, unhealthy eating causing obesity, and …

A growing number of developing countries have introduced conditional cash transfer
programs that provide money to poor families with certain contingencies attached-such as …

Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have recently received considerable attention as a
potentially innovative and effective approach to the prevention of HIV/AIDS. We evaluate a …

Chapter 4 focuses on the effectiveness of information and communication campaigns and
regulations, including prohibitions; this chapter discusses prevention interventions based on …

Background The use of financial incentives and penalties to encourage uptake of healthy
behaviors is increasingly seen as a viable intervention in developed countries. Previous …

Abstract The Kenya Cash Transfer Programme for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-
OVC) presents a valuable opportunity to examine the effects of imposing monetary penalties …

Saving money is often difficult, especially for people with limited means. Psychological,
behavioral and institutional barriers keep low-income individuals from saving the optimal …

Incentive-based policies have been shown to be powerful in many areas of behavior, but
have rarely been tested in the sexual domain. The Rewarding Sexually Transmitted Infection …