The Impact of Energy on Women's Lives in Rural India
This report highlights the tremendous difference that access to improved energy services in the form of biomass stoves, petroleum fuels, and household electrification makes for the life of rural women. Of course, the benefits of rural energy servic...
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okr-10986-202692021-04-23T14:03:38Z The Impact of Energy on Women's Lives in Rural India World Bank AIR AIR POLLUTION APPLIANCES ASH BIOFUELS BIOGAS BIOMASS BIOMASS ENERGY BIOMASS FUELS BIOMASS RESOURCES BIOMASS USE CARBON CARBON MONOXIDE CARTOGRAPHY CHARCOAL CLEANER ENVIRONMENT COAL COLORS COMMERCIAL FUELS COOKING COOKING FUELS COOKING STOVES COOLING DAYLIGHT DEFORESTATION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY NEEDS ENERGY POLICY ENERGY RESEARCH ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SECTOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SOURCE ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY USE FANS FIRE FUEL FUEL TYPE FUEL USE FUELS FUELWOOD HEATING HOUSEHOLD ENERGY HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE INCOME INDOOR AIR POLLUTION KEROSENE LAMPS LIGHTING LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LOCAL ENVIRONMENT LPG LPG STOVES OIL OIL EQUIVALENT PETROLEUM PETROLEUM GAS QUALITY CONTROL REFRIGERATORS RENEWABLE ENERGY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ENERGY RURAL ENERGY USE SMOKE SOCIAL INDICATORS STOVES SUSPENDED PARTICLES THERMAL EFFICIENCY TRANSITIONS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS WATER COLLECTION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION This report highlights the tremendous difference that access to improved energy services in the form of biomass stoves, petroleum fuels, and household electrification makes for the life of rural women. Of course, the benefits of rural energy services can differ by region, class, caste, education, and household occupation, but the overall pattern that emerges is that the benefits of improved rural energy services for rural women in India are substantial. The use of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or kerosene stoves relieves women of much of the most arduous tasks involved in cooking for their families and permits them to lead a relatively comfortable and healthy life. Household electrification also has positive consequences for women in terms of their general quality of life, including an increased likelihood that they will read, watch television, and earn income. Having lights at night increases their ability to read in the evening after dark. However, the advantages of electrification could be exploited even more, as there still is a puzzling underinvestment in appliances such as mixers, grinders, blenders, and others that could help women with their daily household work. 2014-09-29T21:49:52Z 2014-09-29T21:49:52Z 2004-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/4954918/impact-energy-womens-lives-rural-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20269 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: ESMAP Paper Publications & Research South Asia India |
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AIR AIR POLLUTION APPLIANCES ASH BIOFUELS BIOGAS BIOMASS BIOMASS ENERGY BIOMASS FUELS BIOMASS RESOURCES BIOMASS USE CARBON CARBON MONOXIDE CARTOGRAPHY CHARCOAL CLEANER ENVIRONMENT COAL COLORS COMMERCIAL FUELS COOKING COOKING FUELS COOKING STOVES COOLING DAYLIGHT DEFORESTATION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY NEEDS ENERGY POLICY ENERGY RESEARCH ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SECTOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SOURCE ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY USE FANS FIRE FUEL FUEL TYPE FUEL USE FUELS FUELWOOD HEATING HOUSEHOLD ENERGY HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE INCOME INDOOR AIR POLLUTION KEROSENE LAMPS LIGHTING LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LOCAL ENVIRONMENT LPG LPG STOVES OIL OIL EQUIVALENT PETROLEUM PETROLEUM GAS QUALITY CONTROL REFRIGERATORS RENEWABLE ENERGY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ENERGY RURAL ENERGY USE SMOKE SOCIAL INDICATORS STOVES SUSPENDED PARTICLES THERMAL EFFICIENCY TRANSITIONS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS WATER COLLECTION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION |
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AIR AIR POLLUTION APPLIANCES ASH BIOFUELS BIOGAS BIOMASS BIOMASS ENERGY BIOMASS FUELS BIOMASS RESOURCES BIOMASS USE CARBON CARBON MONOXIDE CARTOGRAPHY CHARCOAL CLEANER ENVIRONMENT COAL COLORS COMMERCIAL FUELS COOKING COOKING FUELS COOKING STOVES COOLING DAYLIGHT DEFORESTATION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY NEEDS ENERGY POLICY ENERGY RESEARCH ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SECTOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SOURCE ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY USE FANS FIRE FUEL FUEL TYPE FUEL USE FUELS FUELWOOD HEATING HOUSEHOLD ENERGY HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE INCOME INDOOR AIR POLLUTION KEROSENE LAMPS LIGHTING LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LOCAL ENVIRONMENT LPG LPG STOVES OIL OIL EQUIVALENT PETROLEUM PETROLEUM GAS QUALITY CONTROL REFRIGERATORS RENEWABLE ENERGY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ENERGY RURAL ENERGY USE SMOKE SOCIAL INDICATORS STOVES SUSPENDED PARTICLES THERMAL EFFICIENCY TRANSITIONS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS WATER COLLECTION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION World Bank The Impact of Energy on Women's Lives in Rural India |
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This report highlights the tremendous
difference that access to improved energy services in the
form of biomass stoves, petroleum fuels, and household
electrification makes for the life of rural women. Of
course, the benefits of rural energy services can differ by
region, class, caste, education, and household occupation,
but the overall pattern that emerges is that the benefits of
improved rural energy services for rural women in India are
substantial. The use of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or
kerosene stoves relieves women of much of the most arduous
tasks involved in cooking for their families and permits
them to lead a relatively comfortable and healthy life.
Household electrification also has positive consequences for
women in terms of their general quality of life, including
an increased likelihood that they will read, watch
television, and earn income. Having lights at night
increases their ability to read in the evening after dark.
However, the advantages of electrification could be
exploited even more, as there still is a puzzling
underinvestment in appliances such as mixers, grinders,
blenders, and others that could help women with their daily
household work. |
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The Impact of Energy on Women's Lives in Rural India |
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The Impact of Energy on Women's Lives in Rural India |
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The Impact of Energy on Women's Lives in Rural India |
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The Impact of Energy on Women's Lives in Rural India |
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The Impact of Energy on Women's Lives in Rural India |
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impact of energy on women's lives in rural india |
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Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/4954918/impact-energy-womens-lives-rural-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20269 |
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