Applications of the contingent valuation method in developing countries
Subtitle: a survey
By: Anna Alberini and Joseph Cooper.
Contributors: Cooper, Joseph.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Series: FAO economic and social development paper -- 146
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
Subjects: Environmental economics -- Mathematical models.; Environmental economics -- Developing countries.
Description: Agriculture, in addition to producing food, hides and fibre, also provides many other goods and services not priced in the market. These include environmental outputs such as rural amenities and disamenities, but also social and cultural functions. The economic value of these non-market outputs can be assessed by estimating how much purchasing power people would be willing to give up to acquire those outputs if they were forced to make a choice. The contingent valuation menthod is one of the most widely used methodologies developed for the measurement of the value of non-market goods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-42).

Includes abstracts in Arabic, French, and Spanish.