Economic theory generally assumes that consumers respond to marginal price, which is the price of the last unit of goods consumed, when making economic decisions. However, this assumption may not hold for goods with multi-block rate schedules. This paper explores the effects of water price...

Choice Experiments in Developing Countries is an invaluable one-stop presentation of the best-practice case studies implementing the choice experiment method in developing countries. It highlights the theoretical and practical issues that should be taken into consideration when applying this...

The link between institutional and market failures, rural poverty and environmental degradation suggests a 'win-win' policy intervention: relax local 'constraints' and achieve poverty alleviation and environmental goals. We evaluate the ability of the Sloping Lands Conversion Programme (SLCP) in...