This paper deal in varying degrees the need to "price" environmental resources. They also address some of the issues identified in the SOE 2006. Specifically, this paper use economic analysis to examine issues surrounding climate changes, environmental degradation and depletion of natural resources.

This paper focuses on the adaptation strategies of developing countries and the possible adaptation options available for Southeast Asia. Adaptation refers to the actions taken by individuals, communities, or governments in response to climate change, to reduce the adverse impacts or to take...

Societies continually make choices among various options that affect their welfare. Tradeoffs are typically difficult to make especially in a developing country context where even the basic needs are sometimes hard to finance. It then becomes an empirical question whether people from a...

Since the implementation of the Environemental User Fee System (EUFS) in the Laguna de Bay Region in 1997, there has been no comprehensive evaluation of its impacts particularly at the regulated firm level. This study, therefore, is an attempt to generate empirical evidence that could explain...

The Philippine Eagle, classified by the IUCN as an endangered species, has received limited funding support from the government and private organizations relative to the needed resources for enhanced conservation efforts. To address this gap, the study sought to answer this basic question: Are...

The development of Genetically Modified (GM) crop varieties has arguably been the most successful application of agricultural biotechnology research to date. However, the biotechnology is a two-edged sword. Behinds the great success, there are also a lot of concerns about the negative impact of...

This paper discusses three main reasons why so many of the contingent valuation studies conducted in developing countries are so bad. First, the contingent valuation surveys themselves are often poorly administered and executed. Second, contingent valuation scenarios are often very poorly...

We examine the effect of giving respondents time to think about their stated choices (SC) in a survey of cholera and typhoid vaccine preferences in Hue, Vietnam. Because neither vaccine is widely available in Vietnam, we used the SC approach (a stated preference technique) and gave half of our...

Households living in peripheral villages of the natural forests are primarily dependent on agriculture and secondarily dependent on forest gatherings. High rates of forest dependency occur, in part, from the efforts of inefficient farmers securing subsistence. Due to excessive use, the...

Market for timber in YenBai province is quite clearly defined with two major products: small timber for pulp and wood-chips and large-sized timber for furniture to be consumed either domestically or internationally. A financial analysis shows the obvious economic advantage of growing large-sized...