Challenges of Conducting Contingent Valuation Studies in Developing Countries

Alvaro Durand-Morat, Eric J. Wailes, Rodolfo M. Nayga

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    Abstract

    We review the experiences and challenges that researchers can face when conducting contingent valuation studies in developing countries. We discuss these challenges based on our own experiences of conducting field-contingent valuation studies about genetically modified rice in five developing countries that represent different regions of the world and diverse cultures; we also base our discussion on results from a survey we conducted of agricultural and applied economists regarding their own experiences. The issues covered include the selection and training of local personnel, the recruitment of participants, sampling challenges, participants' compensation, survey methods and implementation, elicitation methods, the literacy rate of the population, and security/safety issues in developing countries. We also discuss the implications of our findings to other well-established stated-preference methods such as choice experiments.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)597-609
    Number of pages13
    JournalAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics
    Volume98
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016 Mar 1

    Bibliographical note

    Publisher Copyright:
    © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. All rights reserved.

    Keywords

    • Contingent valuation
    • developing countries
    • research challenges

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
    • Economics and Econometrics

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