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Behavior, Environment, and Health in Developing Countries: Evaluation and Valuation

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Pattanayak, SK; Pfaff, A
Published in: Annual Review of Resource Economics
October 10, 2009

We consider health and environmental quality in developing countries, where limited resources constrain behaviors that combat enormously burdensome health challenges. We focus on four huge challenges that are preventable (i.e., are resolved in rich countries). We distinguish them as special cases in a general model of household behavior, which is critical and depends on risk information. Simply informing households may achieve a lot in the simplest challenge (groundwater arsenic); yet, for the three infectious situations discussed (respiratory, diarrhea, and malaria), community coordination and public provision may also be necessary. More generally, social interactions may justify additional policies. For each situation, we discuss the valuation of private spillovers (i.e., externalities) and evaluation of public policies to reduce environmental risks and spillovers. Finally, we reflect on open questions in our model and knowledge gaps in the empirical literature including the challenges of scaling up and climate change.

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Annual Review of Resource Economics

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1941-1359

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1941-1340

Publication Date

October 10, 2009

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1

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1

Start / End Page

183 / 217

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Annual Reviews

Related Subject Headings

  • 3803 Economic theory
  • 3802 Econometrics
  • 3801 Applied economics
 

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Pattanayak, S. K., & Pfaff, A. (2009). Behavior, Environment, and Health in Developing Countries: Evaluation and Valuation. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 1(1), 183–217. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.resource.050708.144053
Pattanayak, Subhrendu K., and Alexander Pfaff. “Behavior, Environment, and Health in Developing Countries: Evaluation and Valuation.” Annual Review of Resource Economics 1, no. 1 (October 10, 2009): 183–217. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.resource.050708.144053.
Pattanayak SK, Pfaff A. Behavior, Environment, and Health in Developing Countries: Evaluation and Valuation. Annual Review of Resource Economics. 2009 Oct 10;1(1):183–217.
Pattanayak, Subhrendu K., and Alexander Pfaff. “Behavior, Environment, and Health in Developing Countries: Evaluation and Valuation.” Annual Review of Resource Economics, vol. 1, no. 1, Annual Reviews, Oct. 2009, pp. 183–217. Crossref, doi:10.1146/annurev.resource.050708.144053.
Pattanayak SK, Pfaff A. Behavior, Environment, and Health in Developing Countries: Evaluation and Valuation. Annual Review of Resource Economics. Annual Reviews; 2009 Oct 10;1(1):183–217.

Published In

Annual Review of Resource Economics

DOI

EISSN

1941-1359

ISSN

1941-1340

Publication Date

October 10, 2009

Volume

1

Issue

1

Start / End Page

183 / 217

Publisher

Annual Reviews

Related Subject Headings

  • 3803 Economic theory
  • 3802 Econometrics
  • 3801 Applied economics