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

Toman, Michael ; Bluffstone, Randall

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ENERGY EFFICIENCY;    HOUSEHOLD ENERGY;    CLEAN COOKING;    COOKSTOVES;    ENERGY ACCESS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-8008
RP-ID  :  WPS8008

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The paper discusses challenges inanalyzing the costs of household cooking methods (fuels andassociated stove technologies) in lower-income countries,and sources of divergence between observed and true socialcosts. The challenges in assessing social costs includevaluation of household time, impacts of credit constraintson stove selection, preferences for stove characteristics,and the magnitude of health and environmental externalities.All these influences on cost require consideration of thelocal context.