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Advantages and Disadvantages <strong>of</strong> Participatory Economic Valuation<br />

Main Advantages or Benefits Main Disadvantages or Limitations<br />

• Attribution can be factored in<br />

• It is very useful <strong>for</strong> ranking a range <strong>of</strong> benefits<br />

• Monetization makes comparisons easy to<br />

understand<br />

• Order <strong>of</strong> magnitude numbers can be derived<br />

relatively quickly<br />

• It uses local data and knowledge<br />

• It can be done individually or with focus groups<br />

Main Sources and Further Guidance<br />

• As regards the generation <strong>of</strong> absolute numbers,<br />

this method has been critiqued by economists<br />

due to various theoretical and methodological<br />

problems: the mixing <strong>of</strong> stock and flow values;<br />

non-independent and inconsistent values (e.g.,<br />

in terms <strong>of</strong> unit area); WTP values depend on<br />

whether people own the ‘numeraire’ item;<br />

seasonality issues; bias caused by group<br />

dynamics; and other issues<br />

• It is less effective <strong>for</strong> costs or negative <strong>impact</strong>s<br />

• It is inappropriate in situations where people<br />

are unused to monetary valuation<br />

• It should be combined with other methods<br />

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