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Conditional Cash Transfers and HIV/AIDS Prevention : Unconditionally Promising?

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dc.contributor.authorKohler, Hans-Peter
dc.contributor.authorThornton, Rebecca L.
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-04T16:48:42Z
dc.date.available2013-12-04T16:48:42Z
dc.date.issued2012-06-01
dc.description.abstractConditional cash transfers (CCTs) have recently received considerable attention as a potentially innovative and effective approach to the prevention of HIV/AIDS. We evaluate a conditional cash transfer program in rural Malawi which offered financial incentives to men and women to maintain their HIV status for approximately one year. The amounts of the reward ranged from zero to approximately 3–4 months wage. We find no effect of the offered incentives on HIV status or on reported sexual behavior. However, shortly after receiving the reward, men who received the cash transfer were 9 percentage points more likely and women were 6.7 percentage points less likely to engage in risky sex. Our analyses therefore question the “unconditional effectiveness” of CCT program for HIV prevention: CCT Programs that aim to motivate safe sexual behavior in Africa should take into account that money given in the present may have much stronger effects than rewards offered in the future, and any effect of these programs may be fairly sensitive to the specific design of the program, the local and/or cultural context, and the degree of agency an individual has with respect to sexual behaviors.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/16348
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16348
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: Oxford University on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectadolescents
dc.subjectbehavior change
dc.subjectChild Health
dc.subjectcondom
dc.subjectcondom promotion
dc.subjectcondom use
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectdiseases
dc.subjectepidemic
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectHuman Development
dc.subjectPopulation Studies
dc.subjectprevention efforts
dc.subjectprevention strategies
dc.subjectpromotion of abstinence
dc.subjectrespect
dc.subjectsex
dc.subjectsexual behavior
dc.subjectsexual behaviors
dc.subjectvaccines
dc.titleConditional Cash Transfers and HIV/AIDS Prevention : Unconditionally Promising?en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.date.disclosure2013-12-04
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T11:39:44.331626Z
okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.journal.nbpages165-190
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.geographicalAfrica
okr.topicGender::Gender and Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::HIV AIDS
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Conditional Cash Transfers
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Adolescent Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Disease Control & Prevention
okr.volume26(2)
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