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Abstract
Non-market valuation techniques have often been transferred to developing countries
without taking into account their social, economic, political and cultural settings. For
instance, the same kind of elicitation method is applied in developing countries, although
many of the respondents are extremely poor and many of their economic activities are
outside the purview of the monetary mechanism. This paper reports research in a
developing country context where the conventional contingent valuation method is
extended to include respondents’ preference in terms of time for the restoration of a
vulnerable river, irrespective of their decision to contribute money.