Approximately 3 billion people, most of whom live in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, rely on
solid fuels (ie wood, crop wastes, dung, charcoal) and kerosene for their cooking needs …

Clean cooking has emerged as a major concern for global health and development because
of the enormous burden of disease caused by traditional cookstoves and fires. The World …

Development and implementation of clean cooking technology for households in low and
middle income countries (LMICs) offer enormous promise to advance at least five …

Nearly half the world's population must rely on solid fuels such as biomass (wood, charcoal,
agricultural residues, and animal dung) and coal for household energy, burning them in …

Lack of access to clean cooking energy systems negatively affects the health and welfare of
millions of people in developing countries. Different factors such as household income …

Executive summary The majority of households in sub-Saharan Africa–some 700 million
people–rely on traditional biomass for cooking, and while in other regions, biomass use is …

A major energy challenge of the 21st century is the health and welfare of 2.7 billion people
worldwide, who currently rely on burning biomass in traditional household cooking systems …

Background: The global focus on improved cookstoves (ICSs) and clean fuels has increased
because of their potential for delivering triple dividends: household health, local …

Improved cookstoves and solar cookers have been positioned as a socio-technical strategy
for improving household health and economics, and for reducing the negative impacts on …

This paper conducts a review of the World Bank s financed operations and selected
interventions by other institutions on household energy access in an attempt to examine …