In many least developed countries, inadequate user willingness to pay (WTP) to achieve
cost recovery for improvements to substandard rural water services is a major barrier to …

The values of watershed services from watersheds has for many years been neglected,
underestimated and not factored in land use decisions for sustainable management …

Financing of multiple use (ie domestic and productive) water services was identified as an
important ingredient to ensure improved water access for rural poor and broaden livelihood …

Determining the value of environmental goods that impact human populations, such as
potable water, is often highly problematic. The all‐too‐common lack of realistic markets for …

The government of Uganda is currently rehabilitating its irrigation schemes. The largest of
these is Doho Rice Irrigation Scheme (DRIS), where farmers will after rehabilitation bear the …

Access to water for domestic and irrigation uses remains limited across Sub-Saharan Africa,
particularly in rural areas. While the technical feasibility of implementing innovative …

This paper reports an attempt to apply the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) in Ramallah
Governorate, including urban, rural, and refugee camps. The CVM was utilized to obtain …

Local communities in mining regions are vulnerable to water scarcity risks caused by
extensive mining and changing climate. To mitigate such risks, we adopt a non-market …

The paper examines the use of the contingent valuation method to study the determinants of
rural households' willingness to pay (WTP) for safe water in Kwara State. A sample of 120 …

Water is a precious resource with a variety of uses, which include drinking, cooking, bathing,
recreation, gardening, agriculture, hydropower generation, industry and maintenance of the …