Energy poverty in developing countries: A review of the concept and its measurements

SA Sy, L Mokaddem - Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a meta-narrative review of the concept and measurements of energy
poverty in developing countries. The literature survey was conducted using the Search …

Household fuel use in developing countries: Review of theory and evidence

C Muller, H Yan - Energy Economics, 2018 - Elsevier
Owing to recent concerns about the negative externalities of traditional fuel use on the
environment and health, the issue of the household fuel transition in developing countries …

Assessing the determinants and drivers of multidimensional energy poverty in Ghana

AO Crentsil, D Asuman, AP Fenny - Energy Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Improving household access and use of clean energy has been central to global
development efforts in recent years. The negative effects of energy poverty on health …

Energy poverty in rural West Africa and its determinants: Evidence from Senegal and Togo

DW Gafa, AYG Egbendewe - Energy Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
This research evaluates the levels and the determinants of energy poverty in rural West
Africa using countrywide primary data for Senegal and Togo. The study estimates and …

Charcoal, livelihoods, and poverty reduction: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

LC Zulu, RB Richardson - Energy for Sustainable Development, 2013 - Elsevier
More than 80% of urban households in sub-Saharan Africa use charcoal as their main
source of cooking energy, and the demand is likely to increase for several decades …

Understanding energy poverty drivers in Europe

NB Cheikh, YB Zaied, DK Nguyen - Energy Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper tackles the issue of energy poverty in an attempt to identify the key factors that
would enhance the affordability of energy services. We implement a set of recent panel data …

An empirical analysis of household energy choice in Ghana

JT Mensah, G Adu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Using data from two recently available living standards surveys, we trace the dynamics in
cooking fuel choice among Ghanaian households over the period 2005/6 and 2012/13 and …

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 …

Energy poverty in Ghana: any progress so far?

F Adusah-Poku, K Takeuchi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the dynamics of energy poverty in Ghana using two nationwide
cross-sectional datasets (Ghana Living Standards Surveys Round 5 and Round 6) …

Urban and rural household energy transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: does spatial heterogeneity reveal the direction of the transition?

NV Emodi, EU Haruna, N Abdu, SDA Morataya… - Energy Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the dynamic behaviour of Sub-Saharan African households as they move
along the energy ladder is essential for the energy transition in developing countries. This …