This chapter provides a detailed analysis of the economic, legal and public policy rationales for the application of taxes and other fiscal measures on health-related commodities. The motivation for such taxes has been more often linked to the fiscal revenues generated than to their potential...

Ce rapport a pour objectif d’aider les autorités environnementales et les autres autorités compétentes des pays membres de l'OCDE à promouvoir des pratiques commerciales respectueuses de l’environnement auprès des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME). Il analyse les différents moyens...

At a time in which behavioural science has gained increasing attention for the design of population-wide health interventions, this chapter discusses its potential contributions to the prevention and control of Non-Communicable-Diseases (NCDs). Given the largely preventable nature of NCDs, any...

This chapter is the introduction to the book Nudge and the Law: A European Perspective. It sets the scene for an exploration of the legal implications of the emergent phenomenon of behaviourally informed intervention. More precisely, we focuses on the challenges and opportunities it may offer to...

Although few citizens outside of the livestock industry have heard about this veterinary drug, ractopamine is set to become not only the source of public concern but also the trigger of another endless transatlantic trade dispute. After years of scientific and political deadlock, the Codex...

Based on the demographic and health survey of the Comoros of 1996, the analysis of the determinants of child mortality arrives to three conclusions. Firstly, several parameters influence the fruitfulness of modeling the child health. On the one hand, differentiated analytical options –...