Since the mid-1970s Pakistan has witnessed very high magnitudes of labour out-and in-migration. Most of the earlier studies on the subject either concentrated on the aggregate macro-economic impact of this migration on the national economy or have been in the nature of case studies of...

This paper reports the results of a model applying a random utility framework (RUM) to the connection decisions made by rural households in Pakistan to public water systems. Decisions took place over a number of years are treated as instantaneous with appropriate adjustment for changes in the...

In developing countries, there are few institutional mechanisms for the incorporation of demand information in the planning of public services. As a result, misjudgements about consumer preferences have often led to poor project design and performance. The contingent valuation method which...