Courses
Dr. Whittington teaches courses in cost-benefit analysis, environmental economics, and water resources
planning and policy in developing countries.

• PLAN 685/ENVR 685  (219, ENVR 286)  Water Policy in Lesser Developed Countries
• PLAN 785/ENVR 785  (232, ENVR 289)  Public Investment Theory and Techniques
• PLAN 799  (310)  International Conflict Management

(Red course numbers relate to UNC’s former course numbering system)


Research and Practice
Dr. Whittington is a Professor of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, City & Regional Planning, and
Public Policy, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Since 1986 he has worked for the World
Bank and other international agencies on the development and application of techniques for estimating
the economic value of environmental resources in developing countries, with a particular focus on water
and sanitation and vaccine policy issues.  He has designed and carried out valuation studies in Haiti,
Guatemala, Mexico, Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Pakistan,
Nepal, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Bulgaria, and Ukraine.  

His current research focuses on the following four areas: (1) the development of planning approaches and
methods for the design of improved water and sanitation systems for the rapidly growing cities of Asia;
(2) the design of municipal water tariffs in developing countries; (3) estimating the economic benefits of
vaccines for malaria, typhoid, cholera, and HIV/AIDS; and (4) Nile water management issues.  Prof.
Whittington is the author (with Prof. Duncan MacRae) of a graduate textbook on public policy analysis,
Expert Advice for Policy Choice.


Please select one of the following topics for more research information:
  •  Vaccine/Health Policy  •     •  Nile Water Management  •     •  Contingent Valuation Method/LDCs  •  
  •  Water & Sanitation in LDCs  •     •  Water Resources/Misc.  •    •  Cost-Benefit Analysis Development  •  
  •  Development/Misc.  •  

 
Professional Activities
• Invited Lecturer - Rethinking the Economics of Water and Sanitation Investments: Department of Urban
  Studies and Planning (M.I.T.). SPURS Seminar. 2005.

• Invited Lecture - Rethinking the Millennium Development Goals for the Water and Sanitation Sector:
  Implications for India:. Institute of Development Studies. University of Calcutta. 2004.

• Invited Seminar Presentation - Household Willingness to Pay for Typhoid and Cholera Vaccine in Kolkata.
  National Institutes for Cholera and Enteric Diseases. Kolkata, India. 2004.

• Conference Paper Presentation - The Use of the Contingent Valuation Method and Travel Cost Models in
  Developing Countries. World Bank Training Program - Economics and the Environment. 2004.

• Invited Address - The Investment Case for New Generation Vaccines for Typhoid in Vietnam, Pakistan,
  and Indonesia: 3 Plenary Lectures. International Conference on Tranrelational Research on Typhoid
  Vaccines.  Hanoi, Vietnam.  Sponsored by the International Vaccine Institute and the National Institutes
  of Health and Epidemiology, Vietnam. 2005.

• Invited Lecture - The Consequences of Trade Liberalization for the Water and Sanitation Sector in Developing
  Countries.  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Paris, France. 2005.

• Keynote Address - Do Municipal Water Supply and Sanitation Investments Pass a Cost-Benefit Test?
  Biannual Meetings of the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia. Bangkok, Thailand. 2004.


Selected Publications
• "Guidelines for Designing Energy Modules in Living Standard Measurement Surveys: Report to the World Bank."
   2004. 35 pages. D. Whittington, Kyran O’Sullivan, and Doug Barnes.

• "Ethical Issues with Contingent Valuation Surveys in Developing Countries: A Note on Informed Consent and
  other Concerns." Environmental and Resources Economics. Vol. 28, No. 4. pp. 507-515. 2004.

• "Visions of Nile Development." Water Policy. D. Whittington Vol. 6, No. 1. 2004, pp. 1-24.

• "A cost-benefit analysis of typhoid fever immunization programs in an Indian urban slum." Journal of Health,
  Population, and Nutrition. Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 311-321, 2004. Christine Poulos, Rajiv Bahl, D. Whittington,
  Maharaj K. Bhan, John Clemens,and Camilo J. Acosta.

• "An Economic Reappraisal of the Melamchi Water Supply Project, Kathmandu, Nepal." Portuguese Journal
  of Economics. Vol. 3, No. 2, 2004. D. Whittington, Donald T. Lauria, Vimalanand Prabhu, and Joe Cook.

• "Challenges for Water Sector Reform in Transition Economies." Water Policy. 6 (4). 2004. pp. 1-15.
  D. Whittington and Jennifer Davis.

• "Coping with Unreliable Public Water Supplies: Averting Expenditures by Households in Kathmandu, Nepal."
  Water Resources Research. Vol. 4, No. 2, Feb. 2005. W02012. 11 pages. D. Whittington, Subhrendu Pattanayak,
  Jui-Chen Yang, and Bal Kumar.

• "Costs-of-illness of typhoid fever in Indian urban slum community: implications for vaccination policy." Journal of Health,
  Population, and Nutrition. Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 304-310, 2004. Rajiv Bahl, Anju Sinha, Christine Poulos, Dale Whittington,
  Sunil Sazawal, Ramesh Kumar, Dilip Mahalanabis, Camilo J Acosta, John Clemens, and Maharaj K Bhan.

• "Private Demand for an AIDS vaccine in Thailand."  Health Policy. Vol. 71, 2005. pp. 271-287. D. Whittington, Chutima
  Suraratdecha, Martha Ainsworth, Viroj Tangcharoensathien.

• "The Demand for a Malaria Vaccine: Evidence from Ethiopia."  Journal of Development Economics. Vol. 75,
  pp. 303-318, 2004. D. Whittington, Maureen Cropper, M. Haile, J.Lampietti, and C. Poulos.

• "Why Have Some Countries on International Rivers been Successful Negotiating Treaties? A Global Perspective."
  Water Resources Research. Vol. 40, No. 5, May 2004. W05S06, 2004. 18 pages. D. Whittington and Jennifer Song.