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Energy Access, Efficiency, and Poverty : How Many Households Are Energy Poor in Bangladesh?

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dc.contributor.authorBarnes, Douglas F.
dc.contributor.authorKhandker, Shahidur R.
dc.contributor.authorSamad, Hussain A.
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T18:40:22Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T18:40:22Z
dc.date.issued2010-06-01
dc.description.abstractAccess to energy, especially modern sources, is a key to any development initiative. Based on cross-section data from a 2004 survey of some 2,300 households in rural Bangladesh, this paper studies the welfare impacts of household energy use, including that of modern energy, and estimates the household minimum energy requirement that could be used as a basis for an energy poverty line. The paper finds that although the use of both traditional (biomass energy burned in conventional stoves) and modern (electricity and kerosene) sources improves household consumption and income, the return on modern sources is 20 to 25 times higher than that on traditional sources. In addition, after comparing alternate measures of the energy poverty line, the paper finds that some 58 percent of rural households in Bangladesh are energy poor, compared with 45 percent that are income poor. The findings suggest that growth in electrification and adoption of efficient cooking stoves for biomass use can lower energy poverty in a climate-friendly way by reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Reducing energy poverty helps reduce income poverty as well.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100604131716
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5332
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3818
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5332
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
dc.subjectACCESS TO ENERGY
dc.subjectACCESS TO LIGHTING
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL RESIDUE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WASTE
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectAIR CONDITIONERS
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY
dc.subjectAPPROACH
dc.subjectATMOSPHERE
dc.subjectAVAILABILITY
dc.subjectBALANCE
dc.subjectBASIC ENERGY
dc.subjectBASIC LIGHTING
dc.subjectBIOGAS
dc.subjectBIOMASS
dc.subjectBIOMASS BURNING
dc.subjectBIOMASS CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectBIOMASS ENERGY
dc.subjectBIOMASS FUELS
dc.subjectBIOMASS USE
dc.subjectBIOMASS USING
dc.subjectBURNING BIOMASS
dc.subjectCARBON
dc.subjectCARBON CREDITS
dc.subjectCARBON DIOXIDE
dc.subjectCARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
dc.subjectCARBON EMISSION
dc.subjectCARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subjectCHANGES IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectCHEAPER ENERGY
dc.subjectCLEANER ENERGY
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATES
dc.subjectCLIMATIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectCO
dc.subjectCO2
dc.subjectCOMBUSTION
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION OF ENERGY
dc.subjectCOOKING
dc.subjectCOOLING
dc.subjectCOST OF ENERGY
dc.subjectCROP RESIDUE
dc.subjectCROP RESIDUES
dc.subjectDELIVERY OF ENERGY
dc.subjectDELIVERY OF ENERGY SERVICES
dc.subjectDEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY
dc.subjectDEMAND FOR ENERGY
dc.subjectDEMAND FOR ENERGY SERVICES
dc.subjectDIESEL
dc.subjectDOMINANT ENERGY SOURCE
dc.subjectDUST
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectELECTRICITY GENERATION
dc.subjectELECTRICITY TARIFF
dc.subjectELECTRICITY USE
dc.subjectELECTRIFICATION
dc.subjectEMISSION
dc.subjectEMISSION REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectEMISSION SAVINGS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEND USE
dc.subjectEND-USE
dc.subjectEND-USE ENERGY
dc.subjectEND-USE ENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectENERGY DEMAND
dc.subjectENERGY ECONOMICS
dc.subjectENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectENERGY EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectENERGY EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectENERGY FORM
dc.subjectENERGY INTENSIVE
dc.subjectENERGY MIX
dc.subjectENERGY NEEDS
dc.subjectENERGY POLICIES
dc.subjectENERGY POLICY
dc.subjectENERGY PRICE
dc.subjectENERGY PRICES
dc.subjectENERGY PRICING
dc.subjectENERGY REQUIREMENT
dc.subjectENERGY REQUIREMENTS
dc.subjectENERGY RESEARCH
dc.subjectENERGY SERVICE
dc.subjectENERGY SOURCE
dc.subjectENERGY SOURCES
dc.subjectENERGY STRATEGY
dc.subjectENERGY USE
dc.subjectENERGY USE PATTERN
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subjectFUEL
dc.subjectFUEL CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFUEL USE
dc.subjectGASEOUS FUELS
dc.subjectGENERATION
dc.subjectGHG
dc.subjectGREEN HOUSE GASES
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GASES
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE-GAS
dc.subjectGRID CONNECTION
dc.subjectGRID ELECTRICITY
dc.subjectHEALTH HAZARD
dc.subjectHEAT
dc.subjectHEAT ENERGY
dc.subjectHOT WATER
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD ENERGY
dc.subjectIMPACT ON ENERGY DEMAND
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCREASE IN ENERGY DEMAND
dc.subjectIRON
dc.subjectKEROSENE
dc.subjectKEROSENE CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectKEROSENE USE
dc.subjectKEROSENE WICK
dc.subjectLEVELS OF ENERGY DEMAND
dc.subjectLIGHTNING
dc.subjectLIQUID FUELS
dc.subjectMETHANE
dc.subjectMODERN FUELS
dc.subjectNATURAL GAS
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectPAINTS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA ENERGY
dc.subjectPER CAPITA ENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPOWER
dc.subjectPP
dc.subjectPRICE ELASTICITY
dc.subjectPRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
dc.subjectPRICES OF ENERGY
dc.subjectQUALITY ENERGY
dc.subjectRENEWABLE ENERGY
dc.subjectRURAL ELECTRIC
dc.subjectRURAL ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subjectRURAL ENERGY
dc.subjectRURAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL ENERGY USE
dc.subjectSOURCE OF ENERGY
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTIN
dc.subjectTOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL BIOMASS
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL FUELS
dc.subjectTYPES OF ENERGY
dc.subjectTYPES OF ENERGY SOURCES
dc.subjectTYPES OF FUELS
dc.subjectVALUE OF ENERGY
dc.subjectVERTICAL AXIS
dc.titleEnergy Access, Efficiency, and Poverty : How Many Households Are Energy Poor in Bangladesh?en
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okr.crossref.titleEnergy Access, Efficiency, And Poverty : How Many Households Are Energy Poor In Bangladesh ?
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okr.globalpracticeEnergy and Extractives
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.region.geographicalSouth Asia
okr.region.geographicalAsia
okr.sectorRenewable energy,Power
okr.sectorEnergy and mining
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Production and Transportation
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume1 of 1
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