Naz, Antonia Corinthia C and Mario Tuscan N. Naz. 2006. Modeling ...

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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1.0. INTRODUCTION 2 1.1. Background of the Study 2 1.2. Objectives of the Study 4 1.3. Policy, Scientific Relevance and Significance of the Study 4 2.0. REVIEW OF RELATED STUDIES 4 3.0. RESEARCH METHODS 7 3.1. The Project Site 7 3.2. Stated Preference Approach or Choice Modeling 8 3.3. Implicit Prices 18 3.4. Potential Revenues from the Estimated User Fees 18 3.5. Costs of the ECOSWAM Options 18 3.6. Funding Gap 19 4.0. PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENTS 19 4.1. Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions (EKAP) and Practices 19 4.2. Reactions to Garbage Fees 20 4.3. Acceptance of the Contingent Valuation Scenario (Choice Sets) 20 5.0. WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY CHOICE MODEL RESULTS 21 5.1. Response to the Choice Sets According to Price Levels 21 5.2. Choice Models 22 5.3. Implicit Prices 25 6.0. ANALYSIS OF REVENUES, COSTS AND FUNDING GAP 26 7.0. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 31 8.0. POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND STRATEGIC OPTIONS 32 REFERENCES 34

APPENDICES A. List of Enumerators and Addresses 37 B. ECOSWAM Options: Annual Cost Calculations 38 C. Socio-Economic Characteristics of Respondents 45 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Estimated Costs of Sanitary Landfill Construction and Operation 6 Table 2: The Attributes and Levels of the Proposed ECOSWAM Services for Households 11 Table 3: Sampling Size for Households and Business Establishments 12 Table 4: Variables in the Choice Models for the Households 13 Table 5: Attributes and Levels of the Proposed Ecological Solid Waste Management for Business Establishments 15 Table 6: Variables in the Utility Equation for the Business Establishments 17 Table 7: Options or Scenarios Under Consideration By the Tuba Government 19 Table 8: Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions (EKAP) of the 20 Respondents Table 9: Choice Models of the Households (Base Case) 22 Table10: Choice Models of Business Establishments (Base Case) 24 Table11: Implicit Prices for Households (per week) and Business Establishments (per sack of waste), Model 1 25 Table12: Annual Marginal Revenues From Garbage or User Fees (Above Base 26 Case) Table13: Annual Maintenance and Operating Costs (MOC) of the ECOSWAM 27 Service Options Table14: Annual Marginal Costs of ECOSWAM Services 28 Table15: Cost per Stage of ECOSWAM Service as a Percentage of the MOCs 28 Table16: Comparative Costs of ECOSWAM Services Across LGUs 29 Table17: Funding Gap: Marginal Costs vs. Marginal Revenues 30 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Block A, Choice Set 2 12 Figure 2 Block C, Choice Set 1 15 Figure 3 Households’ Responses to Choice Sets 21 Figure 4 Business Establishments’ Response to Choice Sets 21

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS<br />

TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1<br />

1.0. INTRODUCTION 2<br />

1.1. Background of the Study 2<br />

1.2. Objectives of the Study 4<br />

1.3. Policy, Scientific Relevance <strong>and</strong> Significance of the Study 4<br />

2.0. REVIEW OF RELATED STUDIES 4<br />

3.0. RESEARCH METHODS 7<br />

3.1. The Project Site 7<br />

3.2. Stated Preference Approach or Choice <strong>Modeling</strong> 8<br />

3.3. Implicit Prices 18<br />

3.4. Potential Revenues from the Estimated User Fees 18<br />

3.5. Costs of the ECOSWAM Options 18<br />

3.6. Funding Gap 19<br />

4.0. PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENTS 19<br />

4.1. Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes <strong>and</strong> Perceptions<br />

(EKAP) <strong>and</strong> Practices 19<br />

4.2. Reactions to Garbage Fees 20<br />

4.3. Acceptance of the Contingent Valuation Scenario (Choice Sets) 20<br />

5.0. WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY CHOICE MODEL RESULTS 21<br />

5.1. Response to the Choice Sets According to Price Levels 21<br />

5.2. Choice Models 22<br />

5.3. Implicit Prices 25<br />

6.0. ANALYSIS OF REVENUES, COSTS AND FUNDING GAP 26<br />

7.0. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 31<br />

8.0. POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND STRATEGIC OPTIONS 32<br />

REFERENCES 34

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