RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Benefits of Titling Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Amazon: A Stated Preference Approach
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 092822-0075R
DO 10.3368/le.100.2.092822-0075R
A1 Blackman, Allen
A1 Dissanayake, Sahan T. M.
A1 Martinez Cruz, Adan L.
A1 Corral, Leonardo
A1 Schling, Maja
YR 2023
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/early/2023/10/09/le.100.2.092822-0075R.abstract
AB 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: (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.