Kenya's Strategy to Make Liquefied Petroleum Gas the Nation's Primary Cooking Fuel

Kenya's Strategy to Make Liquefied Petroleum Gas the Nation's Primary Cooking Fuel

Adoption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as a clean cooking solution is lagging behind Kenya's 2030 development goal, despite several government initiatives along the LPG value chain. Until now, the government's strategy focused on reduc...

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Main Author: van den Berg, Inge C.
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
LIQUIFIED PETROELUM GAS
COOKING TECHNOLOGY
FUEL
LPG
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/955741536097520493/Kenyas-Strategy-to-Make-Liquefied-Petroleum-Gas-the-Nations-Primary-Cooking-Fuel
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spelling okr-10986-303912021-05-25T10:54:41Z Kenya's Strategy to Make Liquefied Petroleum Gas the Nation's Primary Cooking Fuel van den Berg, Inge C. LIQUIFIED PETROELUM GAS COOKING TECHNOLOGY FUEL LPG Adoption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as a clean cooking solution is lagging behind Kenya's 2030 development goal, despite several government initiatives along the LPG value chain. Until now, the government's strategy focused on reducing the cost of LPG and increasing its use among lower-income Kenyans. Sustainable uptake may be accelerated by taking vigorous regulatory steps to reduce the consumer price and minimize unlicensed LPG sales. Some measures include reviewing the economics underpinning the intervention, creating an enabling environment for LPG adoption by upper- and middle-income groups, developing annual uptake targets, and devising a better metric to measure progress. 2018-09-07T19:55:21Z 2018-09-07T19:55:21Z 2018-09-01 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/955741536097520493/Kenyas-Strategy-to-Make-Liquefied-Petroleum-Gas-the-Nations-Primary-Cooking-Fuel http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30391 English Live Wire;2018/89 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Kenya
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topic LIQUIFIED PETROELUM GAS
COOKING TECHNOLOGY
FUEL
LPG
spellingShingle LIQUIFIED PETROELUM GAS
COOKING TECHNOLOGY
FUEL
LPG
van den Berg, Inge C.
Kenya's Strategy to Make Liquefied Petroleum Gas the Nation's Primary Cooking Fuel
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relation Live Wire;2018/89
description Adoption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as a clean cooking solution is lagging behind Kenya's 2030 development goal, despite several government initiatives along the LPG value chain. Until now, the government's strategy focused on reducing the cost of LPG and increasing its use among lower-income Kenyans. Sustainable uptake may be accelerated by taking vigorous regulatory steps to reduce the consumer price and minimize unlicensed LPG sales. Some measures include reviewing the economics underpinning the intervention, creating an enabling environment for LPG adoption by upper- and middle-income groups, developing annual uptake targets, and devising a better metric to measure progress.
format Brief
author van den Berg, Inge C.
author_facet van den Berg, Inge C.
author_sort van den Berg, Inge C.
title Kenya's Strategy to Make Liquefied Petroleum Gas the Nation's Primary Cooking Fuel
title_short Kenya's Strategy to Make Liquefied Petroleum Gas the Nation's Primary Cooking Fuel
title_full Kenya's Strategy to Make Liquefied Petroleum Gas the Nation's Primary Cooking Fuel
title_fullStr Kenya's Strategy to Make Liquefied Petroleum Gas the Nation's Primary Cooking Fuel
title_full_unstemmed Kenya's Strategy to Make Liquefied Petroleum Gas the Nation's Primary Cooking Fuel
title_sort kenya's strategy to make liquefied petroleum gas the nation's primary cooking fuel
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/955741536097520493/Kenyas-Strategy-to-Make-Liquefied-Petroleum-Gas-the-Nations-Primary-Cooking-Fuel
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