Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10505640 | Journal of Environmental Management | 2005 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
Using contingent valuation survey data for about 2700 households in rural Bangladesh, and applying a multinomial logit model, the paper estimates the value of arsenic-free drinking water to the rural people. The estimates indicate that the rural people in arsenic-affected areas of Bangladesh place a low value on arsenic-free drinking water. It is about 10-14 percent of the amount they are willing to pay for piped water and only about 0.2-0.3 percent of the average household income. The implication of the result is that robust but costly arsenic reduction technologies such as activated alumina technology may find little social acceptance, unless heavily subsidized.
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Authors
Junaid Ahmad, Bishwanath Goldar, Smita Misra,