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Boiling Point 48: Promoting household energy for poverty reduction - November 2002

Boiling Point
Front cover of Boiling Point issue 48
Issue 48 (2002) Promoting household energy for poverty reduction

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Improved household energy provision is of vital importance in the reduction of poverty. However, it has particular aspects that make it difficult to promote: many aspects are not profitable; many benefits deal with the quality of life, rather than with income generation; the amount of energy used by each household is relatively small etc. Ways must be found to inform key institutions, policy-makers, and donors of the importance of this aspect of development.

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pdf file link Theme Editorial: Household energy and poverty reduction by Leonard Tedd (93 KB)
pdf file link Getting to know the change agents by Grant Ballard-Tremeer (112 KB)
pdf file link Strengthening NGOs and CBOs working with traditional household energy issues by Auke Koopmans (121 KB)
pdf file link The Sustainable Urban Livelihoods Framework - a tool for looking at the links between energy and poverty by Alison Bannister (148 KB)
pdf file link Understanding the links between energy, poverty and gender by Dr Hilary Standing (89 KB)
pdf file link Participatory approaches for alleviating indoor air pollution in rural Kenyan kitchens by Liz Bates, Nigel Bruce, Alison Doig, Stephen Gitonga (154 KB)
pdf file link The impact of energy infrastructure projects on poverty by Rona Wilkinson (131 KB)
pdf file link Improved stoves as a means of poverty alleviation by Didier Bazile (120 KB)
pdf file link The Indian stove programme: an insider’s view – the role of society, politics, economics and education by Bhaskar Sinha (130 KB)
pdf file link Energy efficient housing to benefit South African households by W.E. Klunne (127 KB)
pdf file link Harnessing solar stove technologies in South Africa to promote improved household energy provision by Erica de Lange and Marlett Wentzel (121 KB)
pdf file link Promoting solar PV for poverty reduction in Bangladesh by Dipal C. Barua (119 KB)
pdf file link Rice husk - an alternative fuel in Peru by Estela Assureira (106 KB)
pdf file link Plant-oil cooking stove for developing countries by Elmar Stumpf and Werner Mühlbauer (125 KB)
pdf file link HEDON news - What’s happening in household energy? by HEDON (112 KB)
pdf file link Energy News from Practical Action BP48 (136 KB)



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