The Benefits of Titling Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Amazon: A Stated Preference Approach

Authors

Allen Blackman, Inter-American Development Bank
Sahan T. M. Dissanayake, Portland State University
Adan L. Martinez-Cruz, Inter-American Development Bank
Leonardo Corral, Inter-American Development Bank
Maja Schling, Inter-American Development Bank

Published In

Land Economics

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

5-1-2024

Abstract

We conduct a discrete choice experiment with leaders of 164 Peruvian Indigenous communities (ICs) to elicit their preferences about and valuation of land titles—to our knowledge, the first use of rigorous stated preference methods to analyze land titling. We find that on average, IC leaders are willing to pay US$35,000–US$45,000 for a title, roughly twice the per community administrative cost of titling; willingness to pay is positively correlated with the value of IC land and the risk of land grabbing; and leaders prefer titling processes that involve Indigenous representatives and titles that encompass land with cultural value.

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© 2024 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

Locate the Document

https://doi.org/10.3368/le.100.2.092822-0075R

DOI

10.3368/le.100.2.092822-0075R

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/42337

Citation Details

Blackman, A., Dissanayake, S. T. M., Martinez-Cruz, A. L., Corral, L., & Schling, M. (2023). The Benefits of Titling Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Amazon: A Stated Preference Approach. Land Economics, 100(2), 333–352. https://doi.org/10.3368/le.100.2.092822-0075r