Conditional cash transfers and hiv/aids prevention: Unconditionally promising?

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-190

  Kohler, Hans Peter ^a   Thornton, Rebecca L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCENTIVE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WAGE;

MALAWI;

EID: 84857893596     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhr041     Document Type: Article

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