Improved Biomass Cook Stoves for Climate Change Mitigation? : Evidence of Preferences, Willingness to Pay, and Carbon Savings

Improved Biomass Cook Stoves for Climate Change Mitigation? : Evidence of Preferences, Willingness to Pay, and Carbon Savings

This paper investigates household preferences for improved cook stoves using a choice experiment administered in rural Ethiopia, and the cost-effectiveness of an improved stove for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. In Ethiopia, about 96 per...

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Main Authors: Dissanayake, Sahan T. M., Beyene, Abebe Damte, Bluffstone, Randall, Gebreegziabher, Zenebe, Kiggundu, Gilbert, Kooser, Shannon H., Martinsson, Peter, Mekonnen, Alemu, Toman, Michael
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
BIOMASS
COOKING TECHNOLOGY
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
CARBON POLICY
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/968101530190662253/Improved-cook-stoves-for-climate-change-mitigation-evidence-of-values-preferences-and-carbon-savings-from-a-choice-experiment-in-Ethiopia
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spelling okr-10986-299722021-06-08T14:42:46Z Improved Biomass Cook Stoves for Climate Change Mitigation? : Evidence of Preferences, Willingness to Pay, and Carbon Savings Dissanayake, Sahan T. M. Beyene, Abebe Damte Bluffstone, Randall Gebreegziabher, Zenebe Kiggundu, Gilbert Kooser, Shannon H. Martinsson, Peter Mekonnen, Alemu Toman, Michael BIOMASS COOKING TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON POLICY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INDOOR AIR POLLUTION RENEWABLE ENERGY This paper investigates household preferences for improved cook stoves using a choice experiment administered in rural Ethiopia, and the cost-effectiveness of an improved stove for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. In Ethiopia, about 96 percent of household energy demand is fulfilled by biomass. Improved stoves use less firewood and produce less smoke, and they have been touted as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and health effects from indoor air pollution, as well as to improve forest conservation. Although there are many studies on the adoption of improved stoves, there is limited information on the willingness to pay for particular attributes of stoves, information that is vital for designing effective stoves and improving stove adoption. The paper finds that households have a positive willingness to pay for the durability, fuelwood use reduction, smoke reduction, and cooking time reduction of improved stoves. It also shows that the stove used in this experiment can be cost-effective for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which suggests that programs providing payments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions could strengthen stove adoption if they are well implemented. The main reason the stoves are not being adapted is the lack of availability, which is a key message to policy makers. 2018-07-13T18:51:27Z 2018-07-13T18:51:27Z 2018-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/968101530190662253/Improved-cook-stoves-for-climate-change-mitigation-evidence-of-values-preferences-and-carbon-savings-from-a-choice-experiment-in-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29972 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8499 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Ethiopia
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topic BIOMASS
COOKING TECHNOLOGY
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
CARBON POLICY
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
RENEWABLE ENERGY
spellingShingle BIOMASS
COOKING TECHNOLOGY
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
CARBON POLICY
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Dissanayake, Sahan T. M.
Beyene, Abebe Damte
Bluffstone, Randall
Gebreegziabher, Zenebe
Kiggundu, Gilbert
Kooser, Shannon H.
Martinsson, Peter
Mekonnen, Alemu
Toman, Michael
Improved Biomass Cook Stoves for Climate Change Mitigation? : Evidence of Preferences, Willingness to Pay, and Carbon Savings
geographic_facet Africa
Ethiopia
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8499
description This paper investigates household preferences for improved cook stoves using a choice experiment administered in rural Ethiopia, and the cost-effectiveness of an improved stove for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. In Ethiopia, about 96 percent of household energy demand is fulfilled by biomass. Improved stoves use less firewood and produce less smoke, and they have been touted as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and health effects from indoor air pollution, as well as to improve forest conservation. Although there are many studies on the adoption of improved stoves, there is limited information on the willingness to pay for particular attributes of stoves, information that is vital for designing effective stoves and improving stove adoption. The paper finds that households have a positive willingness to pay for the durability, fuelwood use reduction, smoke reduction, and cooking time reduction of improved stoves. It also shows that the stove used in this experiment can be cost-effective for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which suggests that programs providing payments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions could strengthen stove adoption if they are well implemented. The main reason the stoves are not being adapted is the lack of availability, which is a key message to policy makers.
format Working Paper
author Dissanayake, Sahan T. M.
Beyene, Abebe Damte
Bluffstone, Randall
Gebreegziabher, Zenebe
Kiggundu, Gilbert
Kooser, Shannon H.
Martinsson, Peter
Mekonnen, Alemu
Toman, Michael
author_facet Dissanayake, Sahan T. M.
Beyene, Abebe Damte
Bluffstone, Randall
Gebreegziabher, Zenebe
Kiggundu, Gilbert
Kooser, Shannon H.
Martinsson, Peter
Mekonnen, Alemu
Toman, Michael
author_sort Dissanayake, Sahan T. M.
title Improved Biomass Cook Stoves for Climate Change Mitigation? : Evidence of Preferences, Willingness to Pay, and Carbon Savings
title_short Improved Biomass Cook Stoves for Climate Change Mitigation? : Evidence of Preferences, Willingness to Pay, and Carbon Savings
title_full Improved Biomass Cook Stoves for Climate Change Mitigation? : Evidence of Preferences, Willingness to Pay, and Carbon Savings
title_fullStr Improved Biomass Cook Stoves for Climate Change Mitigation? : Evidence of Preferences, Willingness to Pay, and Carbon Savings
title_full_unstemmed Improved Biomass Cook Stoves for Climate Change Mitigation? : Evidence of Preferences, Willingness to Pay, and Carbon Savings
title_sort improved biomass cook stoves for climate change mitigation? : evidence of preferences, willingness to pay, and carbon savings
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/968101530190662253/Improved-cook-stoves-for-climate-change-mitigation-evidence-of-values-preferences-and-carbon-savings-from-a-choice-experiment-in-Ethiopia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29972
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