Household Fuel Use and Fuel Switching in Guatemala
Household fuel choice in the past, has
often been analyzed and understood through the lens of the
energy ladder model. This model places relatively heavy
emphasis on household fuel switching in response to rising
incomes. This report views energy use through a household
economics framework. The household economics framework
clarifies that, in addition to income and market prices, the
opportunity costs of firewood collection also need to be
taken into account, in shaping demand for all fuels. The
opportunity costs of firewood collection are determined by
household cash, labor, land, and wood resources. Fuel
choices therefore need to be understood in terms of relative
household resource scarcities. The household economics
framework also makes it clear that it may be perfectly
rational for households to use a portfolio of different
energy sources at any point in time. The results of logit,
and multinomial logit regression analysis suggest that
expenditure, education, household size, region, ethnicity,
electrification status, and gender composition are important
in influencing fuel choice. Prices and opportunity costs of
firewood also matter. It remains intriguing that so many
urban households continue to use wood, which is not a cheap
fuel when it has to be purchased. Experience of household
energy use in Guatemala suggests that, as household fuel
policies elsewhere concerned with switching from biomass,
need to look beyond simple pricing instruments to a wider
array of policy options. Household energy strategies must be
based on the realization that large groups will continue to
meet their cooking needs with fuel wood for the foreseeable
future. Strategies therefore cannot rely exclusively on
inter-fuel substitution. A balance needs to be struck
between policies aiming at inter-fuel substitution, and
policies seeking to ameliorate the negative consequences of
fuel wood, such as improved stoves and better ventilation.
And, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) needs to be targeted
primarily to areas where households rely on expensive
purchased wood.
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Main Author: |
World Bank |
Language: | English en_US |
Published: |
Washington, DC
2003-06
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Subjects: | HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; FUEL WOOD; FUEL CONVERSION; FUEL SWITCHING; HEALTH IMPACTS; POVERTY INCIDENCE; INCOME LEVELS; ENERGY ECONOMICS; BIOMASS ENERGY; ENERGY PRICES; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; POLICY FRAMEWORK; LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LOGIT ANALYSIS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION,
AIR POLLUTION,
ANIMAL DUNG,
APPLIANCES,
CANCER,
CERTAIN EXTENT,
CHARCOAL,
CLEAN FUELS,
COAL,
COMMERCIAL FUELS,
COMMON PROPERTY,
COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES,
CONCENTRATIONS,
CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY,
COOKING,
COOKING FUELS,
DEFORESTATION,
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS,
DRYLANDS,
ECONOMIC FACTORS,
ECONOMIC MODELS,
ELECTRICITY,
ELECTRICITY GRID,
ELECTRICITY SECTOR,
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS,
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE,
EMPLOYMENT,
ENERGY CONSUMPTION,
ENERGY CONSUMPTION PATTERNS,
ENERGY DEMAND,
ENERGY EFFICIENCY,
ENERGY EXPENDITURES,
ENERGY LADDER,
ENERGY MARKETS,
ENERGY OPTIONS,
ENERGY SECTOR,
ENERGY SECTOR INTERVENTIONS,
ENERGY SECTOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE,
ENERGY SOURCES,
ENERGY USE,
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS,
EXCHANGE RATE,
FIREWOOD,
FOREST COVER,
FOREST MANAGEMENT,
FUEL,
FUEL MARKETS,
FUEL SWITCHING,
FUEL TYPE,
FUEL USE,
FUELS,
FUELWOOD,
GAS,
GASEOUS FUELS,
GASES,
GENERATION ASSETS,
GRID COVERAGE,
HEALTH HAZARD,
HEATING,
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY,
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY STRATEGIES,
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE,
HOUSEHOLD FUEL,
HOUSEHOLD FUELS,
HYDROCARBONS,
INCOME,
INCOME DISTRIBUTION,
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS,
KEROSENE,
LABOR MARKETS,
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY,
LEISURE,
LIGHTING,
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS,
LIVING CONDITIONS,
LIVING STANDARDS,
LOGGING,
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES,
LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS,
LPG,
MARKET PRICES,
NATURAL GAS,
OIL,
OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES,
OPPORTUNITY COSTS,
PARTICULATE MATTER,
PER CAPITA ENERGY,
PETROLEUM,
PETROLEUM GAS,
POLLUTION LEVELS,
POVERTY LINE,
POWER GENERATION,
PRICE SETTING,
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS,
PRODUCTIVITY,
PURCHASING POWER,
RAINFALL,
REFRIGERATION,
RENEWABLES,
RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS,
RURAL COMMUNITIES,
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS,
SMOKE,
SOOT,
STOVES,
TOWNS,
TRADITIONAL BIOMASS,
TRADITIONAL FUELS,
TRANSACTION COSTS,
URBAN AREAS,
URBAN POPULATION,
UTILITIES,
WAGES, |
Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2816338/household-fuel-use-fuel-switching-guatemala
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19643
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