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Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce Fuelwood Consumption and Carbon Emissions?: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia Using a Randomized Treatment Trial with Electronic Monitoring

dc.contributor.authorBeyene, Abebe
dc.contributor.authorBluffstone, Randy
dc.contributor.authorGebreegzhiaber, Zenebe
dc.contributor.authorMartinsson, Peter
dc.contributor.authorMekonnen, Alemu
dc.contributor.authorVieider, Ferdinand
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-17T14:36:15Z
dc.date.available2015-07-17T14:36:15Z
dc.date.issued2015-06
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses a randomized experimental design with real-time electronic stove temperature measurements and controlled cooking tests to estimate the fuelwood and carbon dioxide savings from an improved cookstove program in the process of being implemented in rural Ethiopia. Knowing more about how households interact with improved cookstoves is important, because cooking uses a majority of the fuelwood in the country and therefore is an important determinant of greenhouse gas emissions and indoor air pollution. Creating local networks among stove users generally appears to increase fuelwood savings, and among monetary treatments the most robust positive effects come from free distribution. The paper estimates that on average one improved stove saves approximately 634 kilograms of fuelwood per year or about 0.94 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, which is about half of previous estimates. Using the May 2015 California auction price of $13.39/ton, the carbon sequestration from each stove deployed is worth about $12.59. Such carbon market offset revenues would be sufficient to cover the cost of the stove within one year.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24684329/improved-biomass-cookstoves-reduce-fuelwood-consumption-carbon-emissions-evidence-rural-ethiopia-using-randomized-treatment-trial-electronic-monitoring
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7324
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/22193
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7324
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectFOREST DEGRADATION
dc.subjectLPG
dc.subjectWOOD BURNING
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE
dc.subjectCARBON DIOXIDE
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUELS
dc.subjectAIR QUALITY
dc.subjectFOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectBIOMASS FUEL
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subjectCARBON
dc.subjectREFRIGERATION
dc.subjectCOOKING STOVES
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION PRESSURES
dc.subjectEMISSIONS
dc.subjectBIOCHEMISTRY
dc.subjectCOLLECTION METHODS
dc.subjectATMOSPHERE
dc.subjectINCENTIVES
dc.subjectSMOKE
dc.subjectGAS
dc.subjectPRICE
dc.subjectEMISSION REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectRENEWABLE BIOMASS
dc.subjectBIOMASS
dc.subjectCARBON FOOTPRINT
dc.subjectCO2
dc.subjectCLIMATIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectSTOVES
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectBIOMASS ENERGY USE
dc.subjectEMISSION FACTOR
dc.subjectENERGY SOURCES
dc.subjectCO2 EMISSIONS
dc.subjectCOOKING
dc.subjectCALORIFIC VALUE
dc.subjectFUEL USE
dc.subjectOPTIONS
dc.subjectWATER
dc.subjectDIFFUSION
dc.subjectCARBON SEQUESTRATION
dc.subjectCONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectSURFACE TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectFORESTRY
dc.subjectENERGY SECTOR
dc.subjectGAS EMISSIONS
dc.subjectCHEMISTRY
dc.subjectFUEL CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFUEL SWITCHING
dc.subjectFUELS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS REDUCTION
dc.subjectCARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subjectAGREE
dc.subjectEMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectCOOKSTOVE
dc.subjectENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE
dc.subjectEMISSION
dc.subjectFUELWOOD SUPPLY
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUEL EMISSION
dc.subjectHEAT
dc.subjectFUEL EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectIPCC
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL ENERGY
dc.subjectFOREST COVER
dc.subjectALTERNATIVE ENERGY
dc.subjectBLACK CARBON
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectWOOD FUEL
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectFORESTS
dc.subjectHEAT RESISTANT
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUEL
dc.subjectEMISSION FACTORS
dc.subjectFUELWOOD
dc.subjectLOGGING
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectINDOOR AIR QUALITY
dc.subjectCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM
dc.subjectCARBON OFFSET
dc.subjectENERGY USE
dc.subjectECONOMIC THEORY
dc.subjectCOOKSTOVES
dc.subjectBIOMASS FUELS
dc.subjectWOODY BIOMASS
dc.subjectPRIMARY ENERGY
dc.subjectENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectENERGY DEMAND
dc.subjectENERGY OUTLOOK
dc.subjectFIREWOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectCARBON REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectTONS OF CARBON
dc.subjectEMISSIONS FACTORS
dc.subjectNATURAL GAS
dc.subjectBIOMASS ENERGY
dc.subjectENERGY CONSERVATION
dc.subjectCOMBUSTION
dc.subjectFOREST BIOMASS
dc.subjectBIOMASS COOKING
dc.subjectCOAL
dc.subjectBIOMASS COMBUSTION
dc.subjectFUEL
dc.subjectCARBON MARKET
dc.subjectLESS
dc.subjectAVAILABILITY
dc.subjectINVESTMENTS
dc.subjectBIOMASS UTILIZATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD ENERGY
dc.subjectGASES
dc.subjectFUEL SAVINGS
dc.subjectFOREST AREA
dc.subjectKEROSENE
dc.subjectCHARCOAL CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectREDUCED CO2
dc.subjectFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCARBON EMISSION
dc.subjectFOSSIL
dc.subjectAPPROACH
dc.subjectAMBIENT TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectBENEFITS
dc.subjectENERGY
dc.titleDo Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce Fuelwood Consumption and Carbon Emissions?en
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Rural Ethiopia Using a Randomized Treatment Trial with Electronic Monitoringen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaClimate Change
okr.crossref.titleDo Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce Fuelwood Consumption and Carbon Emissions? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia Using a Randomized Treatment Trial with Electronic Monitoring
okr.date.disclosure2015-06-22
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:21:48.052694Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24684329/improved-biomass-cookstoves-reduce-fuelwood-consumption-carbon-emissions-evidence-rural-ethiopia-using-randomized-treatment-trial-electronic-monitoring
okr.globalpracticeEnergy and Extractives
okr.guid244781468179051051
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7324
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b082f75b01_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum24684329
okr.identifier.reportWPS7324
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryEthiopia
okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Environment
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Production and Transportation
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Conservation & Efficiency
okr.unitEnvironment and Energy Team, Development Research Group
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