Contents:Foreword 1. Introduction: The Roles and Significance of Choice Experiments in Developing Country ContextsJeff Bennett and Ekin BirolPART I: USING CHOICE EXPERIMENTS TO INVESTIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE-OFFS2. A Choice Experiment of Human-Elephant Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka Roy Brouwer, Wolfgang Haider, Lokugam Gunaratne and Ben Beardmore3. Using Choice Experiments to Estimate Wetland Values in Viet Nam: Implementation and Practical Issues Thang Nam Do and Jeff Bennett4. Fishing Permit Price and Wetland Conservation: A Choice Experiment on the Value of Improved Environmental Quality of Lake Awassa, Ethiopia Girma G. Selassie and Yiannis Kountouris5. Researcher-Selected versus Respondent-Selected Attributes: Improved Coastal Water Quality in Tobago Nesha Beharry-Borg and Riccardo ScarpaPART II: USING CHOICE EXPERIMENTS TO INVESTIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE-OFFS: THE CASE OF CHINA'S SLOPING LAND CONVERSION PROGRAMME6. Estimating the Non-market Environmental Benefits of Land Use Change in China Xuehong Wang, Jeff Bennett, Chen Xie and Zhitao Zhang7.
Assessing the Sustainability of the Sloping Land Conversion Programme: A Choice Experiment Approach Pauline Grosjean, Andreas Kontoleon and Shiqiu ZhangPART III: USING CHOICE EXPERIMENTS TO ESTIMATE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' VALUATION OF UNIQUE ECOSYSTEMS8. Non-use Values of Ecosystems Dependent on the Indus River, Pakistan: A Spatially Explicit, Multi-ecosystem Choice Experiment Ali Dehlavi, Ben Groom, Babar Naseem Khan and Amna Shahab9. Ecosystem Service Valuation of Ruil (Nothofagus Alessandrii) Forests in Central Chile: An Application of the Choice Experiment Method Pablo Villalobos and Carlos HuenchuleoPART IV: USING CHOICE EXPERIMENTS TO INFORM EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PROVISION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GOODS AND SERVICES10. Informing Efficient Solid Waste Management to Improve Local Environmental Quality and Public Health in West Bengal, India Sukanya Das, Ekin Birol and Rabindra N. Bhattacharya11. Farmers' Choice between Public Goods and Agricultural Extension Packages in Ethiopia: A Stated Preference Analysis Alemu Mekonnen, Mahmud Yesuf, Fredrik Carlsson and Gunnar Köhlin12. Valuing Preferences for Ecotourism in the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia Ou Ratanak and Mitsuyasu YabePART V: USING CHOICE EXPERIMENTS TO INFORM THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AND FOOD INDUSTRY13. Farmer Preferences for Bt Maize, Seed Information and Credit in the Philippines Jose Yorobe Jr, Ekin Birol and Melinda Smale14.
Using Choice Experiments to Investigate Preferences for Cattle Traits in Kenya Eric Ruto and Riccardo Scarpa15. Developing Country Consumers' Demand for Food Safety and Quality: Is Mumbai Ready for Certified and Organic Fruits? Devesh Roy, Ekin Birol, Katharina Deffner and Bhushana Karandikar16. Rural Consumers' Preferences for Banana Attributes in Uganda: Is There a Market for GM Staples? Enoch Kikulwe, Ekin Birol, José Falck-Zepeda and Justus Wesseler17. Concluding Remarks and Recommendations for ImplementingChoice Experiments in Developing Countries Ekin Birol and Jeff BennettIndex.