The Lao Cookstove Experience

Redefining Health through Cleaner Energy Solutions. In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic household air pollution from the incomplete combustion of solid fuels is the top health risk, costing some 3.5 percent of GDP in lost productivity. To increase access to modern cooking and heating solutions in East Asia, the World Bank introduced a Clean Stove Initiative in 2012. Pilot projects were begun in China, Indonesia, and Mongolia, as well as Lao PDR. One of the first challenges was the need to bring all relevant ministries and stakeholders on board to help recognize the urgency of the problem and the magnitude of suffering that was occurring as a result of household air pollution. The other was to link the health situation with the need for a clean energy solution.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Dave, Rutu, Balasundaram, Rema N.
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016-05
Subjects:	WOOD, VISIBILITY, RISKS, AIR QUALITY, ELECTRICITY TARIFF, GLUCOSE, GENERATION, CLEAN ENERGY, BIOMASS STOVES, HEALTH RESEARCH, FAMILY MEMBERS, INCENTIVES, HEALTH, NATIONAL POLICIES, CAPACITY BUILDING, SMOKE, GAS, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, CLEANER, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, AIR, PUBLIC HEALTH, BIOMASS, PETROLEUM, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, DISEASES, IRON, AIR POLLUTION, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, SMOKING, INTERVENTION, POPULATION GROWTH, CAPACITY, COOKING, FUEL USE, OPTIONS, SOLID FUELS, ADOPTION, POLLUTION LEVELS, DISSEMINATION, POLLUTION, BURNING STOVES, TUBERCULOSIS, ENERGY SECTOR, BIOMASS SMOKE, GENDER ISSUES, FUEL CONSUMPTION, FUELS, MORTALITY, SUBSIDIES, CANCER, PROGRESS, PARTICULATE MATTER, EMISSION, RURAL COMMUNITIES, HEAT, POLICIES, NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, WOMAN, IMPACT ON HEALTH, ELECTRICITY, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROGRAM, CLIMATE, HEALTH OUTCOMES, POLICY DIALOGUE, URBAN HOUSEHOLD, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, CHARCOAL, URBAN AREAS, GLOBAL POPULATION, SOLID BIOMASS, ECZEMA, PETROLEUM GAS, NEED FOR RESEARCH, PARTICULATE, CLEANER ENERGY, NUTRITION, INJURIES, WORKSHOPS, MALARIA, INDOOR AIR POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION RESULTING, POLICY, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, PILOT PROJECTS, RISK FACTORS, PARTICLES, HUMAN HEALTH, CHILDREN, COMBUSTION, WAR, INVESTMENT, NITROGEN, RURAL AREAS, COAL, TARIFF, FUEL, DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, DISABILITY, NATIONAL POLICY, POPULATION, BOTTOM LINE, HOUSEHOLD NEEDS, URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY, STRATEGY, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, WOMEN, HEALTHY LIFE, ILLNESSES, APPROACH, PRICES, BENEFITS, BREASTFEEDING, ENERGY, NITROGEN DIOXIDE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26358258/lao-cookstove-experience-redefining-health-through-cleaner-energy-solutions https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24256
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