Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce PM2.5 Concentrations ? If So, for Whom ? Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia (English)

Improved biomass cookstoves have been promoted as important intermediate technologies to reduce fuelwood consumption and possibly cut household air pollution in low-income countries. This study uses a randomized controlled trial to examine household air pollution reductions from an improved biomass cookstove promoted in rural Ethiopia, the Mirt improved cookstove. This stove is used to bake injera, which is very energy intensive and has a very particular...

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Bluffstone,Randall;

LaFave,Daniel;

Mekonnen,Alemu;

Dissanayake,Sahan;

Beyene,Abebe Damte;

Gebreegziabher,Zenebe;

Toman,Michael A.;
Document Date
2019/06/28
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8930
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Ethiopia,
Region
Eastern And Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2019/06/28
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce PM2.5 Concentrations ? If So, for Whom ? Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
Keywords
global burden of disease estimates

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Bluffstone,Randall; LaFave,Daniel; Mekonnen,Alemu; Dissanayake,Sahan; Beyene,Abebe Damte; Gebreegziabher,Zenebe; Toman,Michael A..

Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce PM2.5 Concentrations ? If So, for Whom ? Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia (English). Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8930 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/439861561751335070

Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce PM2.5 Concentrations ? If So, for Whom ? Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia (English)

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