Challenges in Assessing the Costs of Household Cooking Energy in Lower-Income Countries

Challenges in Assessing the Costs of Household Cooking Energy in Lower-Income Countries

The paper discusses challenges in analyzing the costs of household cooking methods (fuels and associated stove technologies) in lower-income countries, and sources of divergence between observed and true social costs. The challenges in assessing so...

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Main Authors: Toman, Michael, Bluffstone, Randall
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY
CLEAN COOKING
COOKSTOVES
ENERGY ACCESS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
STOVE TECHNOLOGY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/655171490015453059/Challenges-in-assessing-the-costs-of-household-cooking-energy-in-lower-income-countries
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spelling okr-10986-263492021-06-08T14:42:48Z Challenges in Assessing the Costs of Household Cooking Energy in Lower-Income Countries Toman, Michael Bluffstone, Randall ENERGY EFFICIENCY HOUSEHOLD ENERGY CLEAN COOKING COOKSTOVES ENERGY ACCESS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS STOVE TECHNOLOGY The paper discusses challenges in analyzing the costs of household cooking methods (fuels and associated stove technologies) in lower-income countries, and sources of divergence between observed and true social costs. The challenges in assessing social costs include valuation of household time, impacts of credit constraints on stove selection, preferences for stove characteristics, and the magnitude of health and environmental externalities. All these influences on cost require consideration of the local context. 2017-04-13T14:55:29Z 2017-04-13T14:55:29Z 2017-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/655171490015453059/Challenges-in-assessing-the-costs-of-household-cooking-energy-in-lower-income-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26349 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8008 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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language English
en_US
topic ENERGY EFFICIENCY
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY
CLEAN COOKING
COOKSTOVES
ENERGY ACCESS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
STOVE TECHNOLOGY
spellingShingle ENERGY EFFICIENCY
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY
CLEAN COOKING
COOKSTOVES
ENERGY ACCESS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
STOVE TECHNOLOGY
Toman, Michael
Bluffstone, Randall
Challenges in Assessing the Costs of Household Cooking Energy in Lower-Income Countries
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8008
description The paper discusses challenges in analyzing the costs of household cooking methods (fuels and associated stove technologies) in lower-income countries, and sources of divergence between observed and true social costs. The challenges in assessing social costs include valuation of household time, impacts of credit constraints on stove selection, preferences for stove characteristics, and the magnitude of health and environmental externalities. All these influences on cost require consideration of the local context.
format Working Paper
author Toman, Michael
Bluffstone, Randall
author_facet Toman, Michael
Bluffstone, Randall
author_sort Toman, Michael
title Challenges in Assessing the Costs of Household Cooking Energy in Lower-Income Countries
title_short Challenges in Assessing the Costs of Household Cooking Energy in Lower-Income Countries
title_full Challenges in Assessing the Costs of Household Cooking Energy in Lower-Income Countries
title_fullStr Challenges in Assessing the Costs of Household Cooking Energy in Lower-Income Countries
title_full_unstemmed Challenges in Assessing the Costs of Household Cooking Energy in Lower-Income Countries
title_sort challenges in assessing the costs of household cooking energy in lower-income countries
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/655171490015453059/Challenges-in-assessing-the-costs-of-household-cooking-energy-in-lower-income-countries
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