A vision for clean cooking access for all
Nearly one in three people, the vast majority of them in the poorest regions of the world, still lack access to clean cooking facilities, with major ramifications for public health, local environments
Chulhas (Cookstoves)
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Less fuel, less smoke but more jaggery
Sugarcane farmers in rural Karnataka are making jaggery using an efficient and smoke free stove designed and promoted by a school headmaster.
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Bhil traditions wither away with their trees
So dependent are the Bhils on trees, deforestation is eroding the very roots of their culture
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Why perfect stoves are not always chosen
Despite the numerous benefits associated with cleaner alternatives, the transition to improved fuels and stoves has not progressed hugely in Sub-Saharan Africa. Why is it that so often, well designed, efficient and clean stoves fail to penetrate the market in developing countries?
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Gender Audits of Energy Policy in Botswana and Senegal: What has been achieved?
From 2005 to 2007, ENERGIA
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Power to the people: investing in clean energy for the base of the pyramid in India
<p><span id="itro1">This new analysis published by WRI in collaboration with Center for Development Finance-IFMR focuses on the energy needs of India's rural poor and looks at the market potential for clean and renewable energy in rural India.</span></p>
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The base of pyramid distribution challenge: evaluating alternate distribution models of energy products for rural base of pyramid in India
<p>This paper from Centre for Development Finance (CDF) - IFMR analyzes the product distribution choices available in rural BoP markets to help enterprises evaluate the key drivers of distribution for successful go-to-market strategies.
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Logjam
<font class='UCASE'>lpg</font> is possibly the most viable of all cooking fuels today, but even a debate on the issue is meaningless unless there are vigorous government efforts to promote healthy fuels
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Monitoring and evaluation of health and socio-economic impacts: Key lessons learnt from a Household Energy & Health Project
The evaluation of household energy programmes is a complex and demanding task, but also very important and worthwhile. In this article, a team from the University of Liverpool presents a range of issues that arose from a series of evaluation studies,
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Low-cost temperature loggers as stove use monitors (SUMs)
Accurately determining stove use is important in assessing the impacts and dissemination dynamics of improved stoves programmes. It is also a key component in the calculation of emission reductions for trading carbon offsets, understanding
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Promoting renewable energy technologies for rural development in Africa: Experiences of Zambia
The need to meet the growing energy demand from Zambia