TY - JOUR
T1 - Preferences, inequity and entitlements
T2 - some issues from a CVM study of water supply in Madras, India
AU - Anand, P. B.
AU - Perman, Roger
PY - 1999/6/21
Y1 - 1999/6/21
N2 - Improving the urban environment in developing countries is now an emerging priority. In that context, valuation is an important source of information to the policy-makers. This paper discusses the application of a multiple choice contingent valuation method to improvements in water supply in Madras, based on a 1996 survey of households in Madras. It is proposed that property rights regimes for the environmental goods concerned can be incorporated into the valuation framework using Sen's entitlements approach. As a step in that direction, a water endowment function has been defined for households in Madras. Issues for policy and research are raised.
AB - Improving the urban environment in developing countries is now an emerging priority. In that context, valuation is an important source of information to the policy-makers. This paper discusses the application of a multiple choice contingent valuation method to improvements in water supply in Madras, based on a 1996 survey of households in Madras. It is proposed that property rights regimes for the environmental goods concerned can be incorporated into the valuation framework using Sen's entitlements approach. As a step in that direction, a water endowment function has been defined for households in Madras. Issues for policy and research are raised.
KW - contingent valuation
KW - property rights
KW - water management and supply
KW - urbanisation
KW - development economics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033066494&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199901/02)11:1<27::AID-JID554>3.0.CO;2-D
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199901/02)11:1<27::AID-JID554>3.0.CO;2-D
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033066494
SN - 0954-1748
VL - 11
SP - 27
EP - 46
JO - Journal of International Development
JF - Journal of International Development
IS - 1
ER -