Forests, Biomass Use and Poverty in Malawi

In this paper, the authors seek to answer three questions about poverty and forests in Malawi: (1) What is the extent of biomass available for meeting the energy needs of the poor in Malawi and how is this distributed? (2) To what extent does fuelwood scarcity affect the welfare of the poor? (3) How...

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Main Authors:	Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit, Shyamsundar, Priya, Baccini, Alessandro
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION AGRICULTURAL LABOR AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALTERNATIVE METHODS AMOUNT OF BIOMASS AMOUNT OF LAND BIOMASS BIOMASS AVAILABILITY BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION BIOMASS USE BURNING BUSH MEAT CANOPY CAPITA CONSUMPTION CHARCOAL CHARCOAL PRODUCTION CHRONIC ILLNESS COLLECTED DATA CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY COOKING CULTIVATION DEAD WOOD DEFORESTATION DETERMINANT DETERMINANTS DRY SEASON ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION EQUILIBRIUM EVERGREEN FOREST EVERGREEN FORESTS FAO FARMERS FIRE MANAGEMENT FISHER FOREST FOREST AREA FOREST BIOMASS FOREST CANOPIES FOREST CANOPY FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST HEALTH FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST RESOURCES FOREST STRUCTURE FORESTRY FORESTS FUEL FUEL WOOD FUELS FUELWOOD GAS STOVE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GRASSES GROWING SEASON HARVESTING IFPRI INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ISSUES KEROSENE LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LAND COVER LANDSCAPE MAIZE MEAT NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NATURE PLANT POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROWTH RAINY SEASON REMOTE SENSING REMOTE SENSING DATA RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SATELLITE DATA SPACING TIMBER TOBACCO TREE TREE DENSITY TREES URBAN CENTERS USE OF BIOMASS VEGETATION VILLAGES WET SEASON WOOD WOOD USE WOODLAND YIELDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7196463/forests-biomass-use-poverty-malawi http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8867

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7196463/forests-biomass-use-poverty-malawi
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8867

Forests, Biomass Use and Poverty in Malawi

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