The benefits of titling indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon: A stated preference approach

Arbeitspapier

We conduct a discrete choice experiment with leaders of a random sample of 164 Peruvian indigenous communities (ICs) - to our knowledge, the first use of rigorous stated preference methods to analyze land titling. We find that: (i) on average, IC leaders are willing to pay US$35,000-45,000 for a title, roughly twice the per community administrative cost of titling; (ii) WTP is positively correlated with the value of IC land and the risk of land grabbing; and (iii) leaders prefer titling processes that involve indigenous representatives and titles that encompass land with cultural value.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IDB Working Paper Series ; No. IDB-WP-01411

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products ; Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment ; Field Experiments
• Subject: discrete choice experiment ; indigenous community ; land rights ; mixed multinomiallogit

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Blackman, Allen ; Dissanayake, Sahan ; Cruz, Adan Martinez ; Corral, Leonardo R. ; Schling, Maja
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• (where): Washington, DC
• (when): 2022

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.18235/0004678
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET