Participatory Environmental Education and Willingness to Pay for River Basin Management: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
通过在尼日利亚东南部进行重复实验，发现参与式教育能显著提升个人对污染问题的认知，并增加其对流域管理方案的支付意愿，尤其对教育程度较低者效果更明显。
<i>This paper examines the role of participation as a tool for improving individuals’ perceptions and environmental values using a test-retest experiment conducted in south-eastern Nigeria. Two identical contingent valuation experiments were interspersed by participatory workshops designed to involve respondents in framing and forming the valuation scenario. Econometric analyses found that participatory education significantly developed individuals’ perceptions of pollution problems and increased the magnitude and precision of their WTP for a river basin management scheme. The extent of changes in perceptions declined with increasing levels of formal education, suggesting that less educated respondents are more likely to hold weakly formed preferences.</i>