Risking your health : causes, consequences, and interventions to prevent risky behaviors / Damien de Walque, editor.

Washington, DC : The World Bank, [2013]

xviii, 185 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Overview of prevalence and trends of risky behaviors by region in the developing world -- Determinants of risky behavior -- The consequences of risky behavior -- Targeting risky behaviors using non-price interventions/legislation, information and education -- Using economic mechanisms to reduce risky behaviors : tax policy and other incentives.

Includes bibliographical references.