Choice experiments in developing countries: implementation, challenges and policy implications / edited by Jeff Bennett and Ekin Birol

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Contributors.. Acknowledgements.. Foreword 1. Introduction: The Roles and Significance of Choice Experiments in Developing Country Contexts.. Section 1: Using Choice Experiments to Investigate Environmental Conservation and Economic Development Trade-Offs.. 2. A Choice Experiment of Human-Elephant Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka.. 3. Using Choice Experiments to Estimate Wetland Values in Viet Nam: Implementation and Practical Issues.. 4. Fishing Permit Price and Wetland Conservation: A Choice Experiment on the Value of Improved Environmental Quality of Lake Awassa, Ethiopia.. 5. Researcher-Selected versus Respondent-Selected Attributes: Improved Coastal Water Quality in Tobago.. Section 2: Using Choice Experiments to Investigate Environmental Conservation and Economic Development Trade-Offs: The Case Of China's Sloping Land Conversion Programme.. 6. Estimating the Non-market Environmental Benefits of Land Use Change in China.. 7. Assessing the Sustainability of the Sloping Land Conversion Programme: A Choice Experiment Approach.. Section 3: Using Choice Experiments to Estimate Developing Countries' Valuation of Unique Ecosystems.. 8. Non-use Values of Ecosystems Dependent on the Indus River, Pakistan: A Spatially Explicit, Multi-ecosystem Choice Experiment.. 9. Ecosystem Service Valuation of Ruil (Nothofagus Alessandrii Forests in Central Chile: An Application of the Choice Experiment Method.. Section 4: Using Choice Experiments to Inform Effective and Efficient Provision of Public and Private Goods and Services.. 10. Informing Efficient Solid Waste Management to Improve Local Environmental Quality and Public Health in West Bengal, India.. 11. Farmers' Choice between Public Goods and Agricultural Extension Packages in Ethiopia: A Stated Preference Analysis.. 12. Valuing Preferences for Ecotourism in the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia

Section 5: Using Choice Experiments to Inform the Agricultural Sector and Food Industry.. 13. Farmer Preferences for Bt Maize, Seed Information and Credit in the Philippines.. 14. Using Choice Experiments to Investigate Preferences for Cattle Traits in Kenya.. 15. Developing Country Consumers' Demand for Food Safety and Quality: Is Mumbai Ready for Certified and Organic Fruits?.. 16. Rural Consumers' Preferences for Banana Attributes in Uganda: Is There a Market for GM Staples?.. 17. Concluding Remarks and Recommendations for Implementing Choice Experiments in Developing Countries.. Index

Choice Experiments in Developing Countries is an invaluable one-stop presentation of the best-practice case studies implementing the choice experiment method in developing countries. It highlights the theoretical and practical issues that should be taken into consideration when applying this method in a developing country context. The expert contributors gather recent state-of-the-art choice experiment studies undertaken in several developing countries, in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. These focus on a variety of environmental and agricultural issues, underlining the versatility of this method in valuing a wide array of interventions (for example policies, public and private services, new technologies) and emphasizing the value of the method in informing efficient, effective and equitable policies for sustainable economic development. This work will be of great interest to academics and researchers of environmental economics, agricultural and resource economics, development, environmental management and planning, as well as national and international development agencies and NGOs. Civil servants and policy makers in developing countries will find the work and recommendations within this book engaging and inspirational. eng