Forests, biomass use, and poverty in Malawi (English)

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 do households cope with scarcity? In particular, do households spend more time in fuelwood collection and less time in agriculture in response to scarcity?...
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Baccini,Alessandro; Bandyopadhyay,Sushenjit; Shyamsundar,Priya.

Forests, biomass use, and poverty in Malawi (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 4068 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/783411468055484024

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