What Have We Learned about Household Biomass Cooking in Central America?

Twenty million people in Central America cook with biomass using open fires or rudimentary stoves. The number of people using biomass for cooking in the region will remain significant for a long time due to high incidence of poverty, high Liquid Pe...

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Main Authors:	Wang, Xiaoping, Franco, Janina, Masera, Omar R., Troncoso, Karin, Rivera, Marta X.
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	ABS ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES AIR AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION ALTERNATIVE FUELS AMBIENT AIR AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION ANNUAL PRODUCTION APPLIANCES APPROACH ATMOSPHERE BIOMASS BIOMASS HARVESTING BIOMASS PRODUCTION BIOMASS USING BLACK CARBON BURNERS CALORIFIC VALUE CARBON CARBON CREDITS CARBON EMISSION CARBON FINANCE CARBON FINANCING CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON MONOXIDE CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON PRICE CARBON PRICES CERTIFICATION PROCESS CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTION CH4 CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC ZONES CO CO2 COLORS COMBUSTION COMBUSTION CHAMBER COOKING COOKING FUELS COSTS OF FUELS DEBT DEFORESTATION DIFFUSION DISINFECTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECOSYSTEMS ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION FACTOR EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIAL EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY SECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FISHERIES FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST RESOURCES FORESTS FUEL COSTS FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL EXPENDITURES FUEL SAVINGS FUEL SUBSTITUTION FUELS FUELWOOD GENERATION GHG GLOBAL INTEREST GOLD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEAT HEATING HIGH BIOMASS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IRON LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LIGHTING LIMESTONE LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LOSS OF FOREST LPG MARKET PRICES MINES NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN NITROGEN DIOXIDE NO2 OIL OPPORTUNITY COSTS PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PETROLEUM PILOT PROJECTS POPULATION GROWTH PRESENT VALUE PRODUCERS PUBLIC GOODS REDUCED CO2 RENEWABLE BIOMASS RENEWABLE ENERGY RESIDENTIAL ENERGY RESIDENTIAL ENERGY USE ROADS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SAFETY SAND SMOKE SOLAR PANELS SOLID FUELS SPACE HEATING STOVES SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TEMPERATURE THERMAL EFFICIENCY TRADITIONAL BIOMASS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRIPS TROPICAL RAINFOREST TROPICAL REGIONS TRUCKS VARIABLE COSTS WOOD FUEL WOODY BIOMASS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17524967/learned-household-biomass-cooking-central-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23693

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What Have We Learned about Household Biomass Cooking in Central America?

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