Restoring Balance : Bangladesh's Rural Energy Realities

This study, the first to concentrate on Bangladesh's energy systems and their effects on the lives of rural people, drew on these background studies, as well as other World Bank-financed research on IAP and rural infrastructure, to present a rural energy strategy for the country. The study's broad aim was to identify ways to improve the living standard in rural Bangladesh through better and more efficient use of energy, while creating an environment conducive to growth and poverty reduction. For any developing country, the crux of a rural energy strategy is to have more and better choices for meeting rural demand for energy through market mechanisms and sound policy. This goes hand in hand with the development of competent implementing institutions, which are critical to the process. Also important are new supply- and demand side technologies that can be used to raise rural people's welfare and improve productivity to increase growth prospects. Accordingly, the rural energy strategy advocated by this study aims to satisfy the types of demand that increase household welfare and raise rural growth prospects as energy becomes a direct input into the production process.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Asaduzzaman, M., Barnes, Douglas F., Khandker, Shahidur R.
Format:	ESMAP Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-03
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO ENERGY, ACCESS TO GRID, ACCESS TO GRID ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY, AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE, AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES, AIR POLLUTION, AMOUNT OF GAS, ANIMAL DUNG, ANNUAL ENERGY USE, APPROACH, AVAILABILITY, BAGASSE, BALANCE, BASIC ENERGY, BASIC LIGHTING, BATTERIES, BIO-GAS, BIOFUELS, BIOGAS, BIOGAS TECHNOLOGY, BIOMASS, BIOMASS BURNING, BIOMASS COLLECTION, BIOMASS DEMAND, BIOMASS ENERGIES, BIOMASS ENERGY, BIOMASS FUELS, BIOMASS SOURCE, BIOMASS STOVES, CHARCOAL, CLAY STOVE, CLAY STOVES, CLIMATE CHANGE, COAL, COMBUSTION, COMMERCIAL ENERGY, COMMERCIAL FUELS, COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS, CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS, CONSUMER DEMAND, COST OF SERVICE, COW DUNG, CROP, CROP RESIDUE, CROP RESIDUES, DEMAND CURVE, DEMAND FOR ENERGY, DEMAND GROWTH, DIESEL, DIESEL ENGINES, DIESEL POWER, DIESEL USE, DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY, DOMESTIC GAS, EFFICIENT ENERGY USE, EFFICIENT USE, EFFICIENT USE OF BIOMASS, EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY, ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, ELECTRIC HEATER, ELECTRIC LAMPS, ELECTRIC LIGHTING, ELECTRIC LIGHTS, ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY BILLS, ELECTRICITY COMPANIES, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY DEMAND, ELECTRICITY GRID, ELECTRICITY PRICE, ELECTRICITY PRICING, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, ELECTRICITY USE, END USES, END-USE, END-USE EFFICIENCY, ENERGY ACCESS, ENERGY BALANCE, ENERGY COMPONENT, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY CONVERSION, ENERGY COSTS, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY EFFICIENCIES, ENERGY EXPENDITURE, ENERGY EXPENDITURES, ENERGY MARKETS, ENERGY NEEDS, ENERGY OUTPUT, ENERGY POLICIES, ENERGY PRICES, ENERGY PRICING, ENERGY PROBLEMS, ENERGY PRODUCERS, ENERGY PROJECTS, ENERGY SECTOR, ENERGY SERVICES, ENERGY SOURCE, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY STRATEGY, ENERGY SUPPLIES, ENERGY SUPPLY, ENERGY SYSTEMS, ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, ENERGY USE, ENERGY USES, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, FOREST COVER, FUEL, FUEL COLLECTION, FUEL SOURCE, FUEL SUBSTITUTION, FUEL TYPES, FUELS, GAS, GAS FIELDS, GAS SECTOR, GENERATION, GRID CONNECTION, GRID ELECTRICITY, GRID ELECTRIFICATION, GRID SYSTEM, GRID SYSTEMS, HEALTH RISKS, HEAT, HEATING ENERGY, HEAVY RELIANCE, HOUSEHOLD COOKING, HOUSEHOLD DEMAND, HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, HOUSEHOLD LIGHTING, HUMAN HEALTH, HYDROCARBONS, INCOME, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, KEROSENE, KEROSENE LAMPS, KEROSENE LANTERN, KEROSENE USE, KILOWATT-HOUR, KILOWATT-HOURS, LAND OWNERSHIP, LNG, METHANE, MICRO-GRIDS, MINERAL RESOURCES, MODERN FUELS, NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY, NATIONAL GRID, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL RESOURCES, OIL, OIL EQUIVALENT, PER CAPITA INCOME, PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM GAS, POLLUTION, POWER, POWER GRID, POWER RATING, POWER SECTOR, PRICE OF ELECTRICITY, PROCESS HEAT, QUANTITY OF FUEL, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES, RURAL AREAS, RURAL CONSUMERS, RURAL ELECTRIC, RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES, RURAL ELECTRICITY, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM, RURAL ENERGY, RURAL ENERGY DEMAND, RURAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, RURAL ENERGY MARKETS, RURAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS, RURAL ENERGY SUPPLY, RURAL ENERGY USE, RURAL HOUSEHOLD, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, SMOKE, SOLAR HOME, SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS, SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY, SPACE COOLING, SPACE HEATING, SUGAR, SUGAR CANE, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, TOTAL CONSUMPTION, TRADITIONAL BIOMASS, TRADITIONAL STOVES, TYPES OF ENERGY, URBAN POPULATION, USE OF BIOMASS, USE OF BIOMASS ENERGY, VILLAGE ENTERPRISES, WASTE, WOOD,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/03/10445771/restoring-balance-bangladeshs-rural-energy-realities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17529
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