COVID-19’s Impact on the Transition to Clean Cooking Fuels
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has magnified household preferences for convenience and affordability, presenting challenges as well as opportunities for the transition to clean cooking fuels. Initial findings from a study in rural Kenya suggest that the pandemic and lockdown have altered household cooking practices and fuel-use patterns. COVID-19 is nudging middle-income households to switch to modern cooking fuels (biogas and electricity), because these have been less disrupted by the COVID restrictions. However, without external support, COVID-19 will push poorer households further down the energy ladder.
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Format: | Brief biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021-03-10
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Subjects: | CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19, PANDEMIC IMPACT, CLEAN COOKING TECHNOLOGY, COOKING FUEL, |
Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/326471615352029248/COVID-19-s-Impact-on-the-Transition-to-Clean-Cooking-Fuels-Initial-Findings-from-a-Case-Study-in-Rural-Kenya https://hdl.handle.net/10986/35258 |
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Summary: | The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic has magnified household preferences for convenience
and affordability, presenting challenges as well as
opportunities for the transition to clean cooking fuels.
Initial findings from a study in rural Kenya suggest that
the pandemic and lockdown have altered household cooking
practices and fuel-use patterns. COVID-19 is nudging
middle-income households to switch to modern cooking fuels
(biogas and electricity), because these have been less
disrupted by the COVID restrictions. However, without
external support, COVID-19 will push poorer households
further down the energy ladder. |
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