The Improved Biomass Stove Saves Wood, But How Often Do People Use It? : Evidence from a Randomized Treatment Trial in Ethiopia

This paper uses a randomized experimental design and real-time electronic stove use monitors to evaluate the frequency with which villagers use improved biomass-burning Mirt injera cookstoves in rural Ethiopia. Understanding whether, how much, and why improved cookstoves are used is important, because use of the improved stove is a critical determinant of indoor air pollution reductions, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions due to lower fuelwood consumption. Confirming use is, for example, a critical aspect of crediting improved cookstoves’ climate change benefits under the United Nations Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Programme. The paper finds that Ethiopian households in the study area do use the Mirt stove on a regular basis, taking into account regional differences in cooking patterns. In general, stove users also use their Mirt stoves more frequently over time. Giving the Mirt stove away for free and supporting community-level user networks are estimated to lead to more use. The study found no evidence, however, that stove recipients use the stoves more if they have to pay for them, a hypothesis that frequently arises in policy arenas and has also been examined in the literature.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Beyene, Abebe D., Bluffstone, Randall, Gebreegziabher, Zenebe, Martinsson, Peter, Mekonnen, Alemu, Vieider, Ferdinand
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-06
Subjects:	TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGY, FOREST DEGRADATION, DATA PROCESSING, BASES, TEMPERATURE, AIR QUALITY, INSTALLATION, FOREST MANAGEMENT, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, MATERIALS, CARBON, INFORMATION, DEFORESTATION PRESSURES, EMISSIONS, MONITORING, BIOCHEMISTRY, IMPACT ASSESSMENT, ATMOSPHERE, INCENTIVES, FOREST RESTORATION, SMOKE, GAS, INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION, PRICE, VERIFICATION, AIR, GREENHOUSE GAS, OPEN ACCESS, COMPUTER, BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS, NETWORK BUILDING, BIOMASS, AIR POLLUTANTS, DATA, BASELINE FOREST, CO2, FOREST SECTOR, AIR POLLUTION, EMISSION FACTOR, NEGATIVE IMPACT, CAPACITY, USER GROUP, RISK FACTOR, GHG, FUEL USE, MOBILE TELEPHONE, PRODUCTIVITY, TRAINING MATERIALS, DIFFUSION, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SURFACE TEMPERATURE, FORESTRY, MATERIAL, TROPICAL REGIONS, FOREST LOSS, GAS EMISSIONS, NATURAL RESOURCES, CHEMISTRY, ENERGY POLICY, FUEL CONSUMPTION, CARBON FINANCE, FUELS, TELEPHONE, CARBON EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, FOREST CARBON, USERS, TECHNOLOGY, EMISSION, GREENHOUSE, PDF, BIOMASS BURNING, LEAD, CLIMATE CHANGE, SOFTWARE, CARBON CREDITS, FOREST COVER, RESULTS, BLACK CARBON, ELECTRICITY, DEFORESTATION, CLIMATE, NETWORKS, FORESTS, FOREST CARBON STOCKS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CLIMATE SYSTEM, FOSSIL FUEL, EMISSION FACTORS, FOREST, PARTICULATE, GAS EMISSION, RISK FACTORS, ADMINISTRATION, RATES OF DEFORESTATION, RESULT, USER EXPECTATIONS, COMBUSTION, EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION, NETWORK, PARTICULATES, ANNUAL GREENHOUSE GAS, FOREST BIOMASS, FOREST STOCKS, PERFORMANCE, COAL, CARBON STOCKS, CARBON MARKET, LESS, SITES, CHLORINE, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, USER GROUPS, INTERFACE, GASES, TECHNOLOGIES, TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS, GLOBAL FORESTS, PRICES, USES, AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, BENEFITS, E DEVELOPMENT, USER, LEVELS OF USAGE, ENERGY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24603652/improved-biomass-stove-saves-wood-often-people-use-evidence-randomized-treatment-trial-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22170
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