Using Contingent Valuation in the Design of Payments for Environmental Services Mechanisms : A Review and Assessment

doi:10.1093/wbro/lks004

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Using Contingent Valuation in the Design of Payments for Environmental Services Mechanisms : A Review and Assessment

dc.contributor.author	Whittington, Dale
dc.contributor.author	Pagiola, Stefano
dc.date.accessioned	2014-02-19T19:32:58Z
dc.date.available	2014-02-19T19:32:58Z
dc.date.issued	2012-08
dc.description.abstract	As the use of payments for environmental services (PES) programs for conservation has grown in developing countries, the use of stated preference methods, particularly contingent valuation (CV) surveys, to estimate the maximum amount that users of environmental services (“buyers”) would be willing to pay has also increased. This paper reviews 25 CV studies conducted in the context of PES programs (CV-PES) and assesses their quality and usefulness for designing PES programs. Almost all these studies attempt to estimate the demand of downstream water users for upstream watershed protection and, more generally, for improved water services. Most studies were methodologically uninspired and generally low-quality applications of stated preference methods, with limited policy relevance. The quality and usefulness of CV-PES studies could be substantially improved at only a modest increase in costs.	en
dc.identifier.citation	World Bank Research Observer
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/17116
dc.identifier.issn	1564-6971
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17116
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	World Bank Research Observer
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	child mortality
dc.subject	complications
dc.subject	developing countries
dc.subject	development efforts
dc.subject	economic growth
dc.subject	economic progress
dc.subject	gender parity
dc.subject	living conditions
dc.subject	low-income countries
dc.subject	maternal mortality
dc.subject	millennium development goals
dc.subject	primary education
dc.subject	progress
dc.subject	quality of life
dc.subject	reducing maternal mortality
dc.subject	respect
dc.subject	safe drinking water
dc.subject	safety nets
dc.subject	sanitation
dc.subject	secondary education
dc.title	Using Contingent Valuation in the Design of Payments for Environmental Services Mechanisms : A Review and Assessment	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2014-02-01
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-06T11:35:21.889083Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.identifier.doi	10.1093/wbro/lks004
okr.journal.nbpages	261-287
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.topic	Finance and Financial Sector Development::Banks & Banking Reform
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Theory & Research
okr.topic	Private Sector Development::E-Business
okr.topic	Private Sector Development::Enterprise Development & Reform
okr.topic	Urban Development::Urban Water & Waste Management
okr.topic	Water Resources::Water Conservation
okr.topic	Water Resources::Water Use
okr.topic	Water Supply and Sanitation::Town Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topic	Water Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions
okr.topic	Water Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Systems
okr.unit	Latin America and Caribbean Sustainable Development Department
okr.volume	27(2)
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