The intensive margin of technology adoption–Experimental evidence on improved cooking stoves in rural Senegal

G Bensch, J Peters - Journal of health economics, 2015 - Elsevier
Today, almost 3 billion people in developing countries rely on biomass as primary cooking
fuel, with profound negative implications for their well-being. Improved biomass cooking …

A recipe for success? Randomized free distribution of improved cooking stoves in Senegal

G Bensch, J Ankel-Peters - … of Improved Cooking Stoves in Senegal …, 2012 - papers.ssrn.com
Today more than 2.7 billion people rely on biomass as their primary cooking fuel, with
profound implications for the environment and people's well-being. Wood provision is often …

Household cooking fuel choice and adoption of improved cookstoves in developing countries: a review

S Malla, GR Timilsina - World Bank Policy Research Working …, 2014 - papers.ssrn.com
Improving access to affordable and reliable energy services for cooking is essential for
developing countries in reducing adverse human health and environmental impacts hitherto …

Why do households forego high returns from technology adoption? Evidence from improved cooking stoves in Burkina Faso

G Bensch, M Grimm, J Peters - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Around 3 billion people in developing countries rely on woodfuels for their daily cooking
needs with profound negative implications for their workload, health, and budget as well as …

Clean fuel-saving technology adoption in urban Ethiopia

AD Beyene, SF Koch - Energy economics, 2013 - Elsevier
The heavy dependence and inefficient utilization of biomass resources have contributed to
the depletion of forest resources in Ethiopia, while the use of traditional cooking technology …

Up in smoke: the influence of household behavior on the long-run impact of improved cooking stoves

R Hanna, E Duflo, M Greenstone - American Economic Journal …, 2016 - aeaweb.org
Laboratory studies suggest that improved cooking stoves can reduce indoor air pollution,
improve health, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries. We …

The effect of solar ovens on fuel use, emissions and health: results from a randomised controlled trial

T Beltramo, DI Levine - Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Inefficient cookstoves contribute to deforestation and global climate change, require
substantial time (usually of women and girls) collecting wood or money for fuel and lead to …

Fuel savings, cooking time and user satisfaction with improved biomass cookstoves: Evidence from controlled cooking tests in Ethiopia

Z Gebreegziabher, AD Beyene, R Bluffstone… - Resource and Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Continued high reliance on traditional biomass fuels and stoves in developing countries
gives rise to several human health, environmental, and livelihood issues. However solid …

A rapid assessment randomized-controlled trial of improved cookstoves in rural Ghana

J Burwen, DI Levine - Energy for Sustainable Development, 2012 - Elsevier
We conducted a rapid assessment randomized-controlled trial to quantify changes in fuel
use, exposure to smoke, and self-reported health attributable to deployment of an improved …

How much do alternative cookstoves reduce biomass fuel use? Evidence from North India

N Brooks, V Bhojvaid, MA Jeuland, JJ Lewis… - Resource and Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite widespread global efforts to promote clean cookstoves to achieve improvements in
air and forest quality, and to reduce global climate change, surprisingly little is known about …