What Drives the Transition to Modern Energy Cooking Services? : A Systematic Review of the Evidence
Some 4 billion people still cook with traditional polluting fuels and technologies. The adverse development impacts from households continued use of polluting stove-and-fuel combinations are significant. Transitioning this population to modern cook...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/518251613714281312/What-Drives-the-Transition-to-Modern-Energy-Cooking-Services-A-Systematic-Review-of-the-Evidence http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35199 |
| Summary: | Some 4 billion people still cook with
traditional polluting fuels and technologies. The adverse
development impacts from households continued use of
polluting stove-and-fuel combinations are significant.
Transitioning this population to modern cooking services
(MECS) - part of United Nation (UN) sustainable development
goal 7 - remains a significant challenge. This report
presents the findings of a systematic review of published
evidence on demand- and supply-side drivers of and barriers
to transitioning populations to MECS. The barriers and
drivers identified include, but are not limited to,
education levels and wealth status; peer influence and trust
in stove information source; competition with existing fuels
and technologies; and program design features, including
technology, training, and after sales support. The report
provides key recommendations for overcoming the challenges
that inhibit large-scale transition to MECS: (i) better
focused programs that consider the socioeconomic realities
of the target groups, such as financial mechanisms that
address affordability constraints; (ii) incorporating
measures that concurrently tackle existing stove
technologies and current fuel use practices that programs
aim to displace; and (iii) address awareness creation as a
separate MECS intervention, with public sector investments
on this component. |
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