This paper reviews the state of economic understanding about fuelwood in developing
countries. It synthesizes the main results from numerous empirical studies with the intent of …

An extensive survey on household expenditures in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina
Faso, was used to analyze the factors determining urban household energy choices using a …

Woodfuels currently supply 7 percent of worldwide energy use and are much more important
in developing than developed countries. Worldwide fuelwood use may be slowly declining …

India has been running large-scale interventions in the energy sector over the last decades.
Still, there is a dearth of reliable and readily available price and income elasticities of …

This paper characterizes the charcoal value chain in Uganda, focusing on production and
trade in three districts in the west central region of the country. Data come from surveys of …

Bioenergy has been critically important since our ancestors first used wood to cook their
food and stay warm at night. Traditional forms of bioenergy, firewood and cow dung patties …

Biofuel expansion is happening rapidly within Southern Africa, and already tens of
thousands of hectares have been planted, with millions more being contemplated. As is …

The use of woodfuel to meet the demand for energy has regularly reappeared on both
European and African political agendas over the last 50 years. In the 1980s, it no longer …

Fuelwood is the principal energy resource for millions of households around the world, yet
its use, availability and management remain poorly understood in many areas. We …

As part of the REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes Phase 2 (RECCAP2)
project, we developed a comprehensive African Greenhouse gases (GHG) budget covering …