Energy Access, Efficiency, and Poverty : How Many Households Are Energy Poor in Bangladesh?

Access to energy, especially modern sources, is a key to any development initiative. Based on cross-section data from a 2004 survey of some 2,300 households in rural Bangladesh, this paper studies the welfare impacts of household energy use, including that of modern energy, and estimates the household minimum energy requirement that could be used as a basis for an energy poverty line. The paper finds that although the use of both traditional (biomass energy burned in conventional stoves) and modern (electricity and kerosene) sources improves household consumption and income, the return on modern sources is 20 to 25 times higher than that on traditional sources. In addition, after comparing alternate measures of the energy poverty line, the paper finds that some 58 percent of rural households in Bangladesh are energy poor, compared with 45 percent that are income poor. The findings suggest that growth in electrification and adoption of efficient cooking stoves for biomass use can lower energy poverty in a climate-friendly way by reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Reducing energy poverty helps reduce income poverty as well.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Barnes, Douglas F., Khandker, Shahidur R., Samad, Hussain A.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2010-06-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO ENERGY, ACCESS TO LIGHTING, AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE, AGRICULTURAL WASTE, AIR, AIR CONDITIONERS, AIR POLLUTION, ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY, APPROACH, ATMOSPHERE, AVAILABILITY, BALANCE, BASIC ENERGY, BASIC LIGHTING, BIOGAS, BIOMASS, BIOMASS BURNING, BIOMASS CONSUMPTION, BIOMASS ENERGY, BIOMASS FUELS, BIOMASS USE, BIOMASS USING, BURNING BIOMASS, CARBON, CARBON CREDITS, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, CARBON EMISSION, CARBON EMISSIONS, CHANGES IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION, CHEAPER ENERGY, CLEANER ENERGY, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATES, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, CO, CO2, COMBUSTION, CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY, COOKING, COOLING, COST OF ENERGY, CROP RESIDUE, CROP RESIDUES, DELIVERY OF ENERGY, DELIVERY OF ENERGY SERVICES, DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY, DEMAND FOR ENERGY, DEMAND FOR ENERGY SERVICES, DIESEL, DOMINANT ENERGY SOURCE, DUST, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY TARIFF, ELECTRICITY USE, ELECTRIFICATION, EMISSION, EMISSION REDUCTIONS, EMISSION SAVINGS, EMPLOYMENT, END USE, END-USE, END-USE ENERGY, END-USE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY ECONOMICS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EXPENDITURE, ENERGY EXPENDITURES, ENERGY FORM, ENERGY INTENSIVE, ENERGY MIX, ENERGY NEEDS, ENERGY POLICIES, ENERGY POLICY, ENERGY PRICE, ENERGY PRICES, ENERGY PRICING, ENERGY REQUIREMENT, ENERGY REQUIREMENTS, ENERGY RESEARCH, ENERGY SERVICE, ENERGY SOURCE, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY STRATEGY, ENERGY USE, ENERGY USE PATTERN, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, FUEL, FUEL CONSUMPTION, FUEL USE, GASEOUS FUELS, GENERATION, GHG, GREEN HOUSE GASES, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION, GREENHOUSE GASES, GREENHOUSE-GAS, GRID CONNECTION, GRID ELECTRICITY, HEALTH HAZARD, HEAT, HEAT ENERGY, HOT WATER, HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY, IMPACT ON ENERGY DEMAND, INCOME, INCREASE IN ENERGY DEMAND, IRON, KEROSENE, KEROSENE CONSUMPTION, KEROSENE USE, KEROSENE WICK, LEVELS OF ENERGY DEMAND, LIGHTNING, LIQUID FUELS, METHANE, MODERN FUELS, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL RESOURCES, PAINTS, PER CAPITA ENERGY, PER CAPITA ENERGY CONSUMPTION, POWER, PP, PRICE ELASTICITY, PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND, PRICES OF ENERGY, QUALITY ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RURAL ELECTRIC, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, RURAL ENERGY, RURAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, RURAL ENERGY USE, SOURCE OF ENERGY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TIN, TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION, TRADITIONAL BIOMASS, TRADITIONAL FUELS, TYPES OF ENERGY, TYPES OF ENERGY SOURCES, TYPES OF FUELS, VALUE OF ENERGY, VERTICAL AXIS,
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