Traditional energy technologies and consumer products contribute to household well-being
in diverse ways but also often harm household air quality. We review the problem of …

Global efforts are underway to develop and promote improved cookstoves which may
reduce the negative health and environmental effects of burning solid fuels on health and …

Executive summary The majority of households in sub-Saharan Africa–some 700 million
people–rely on traditional biomass for cooking, and while in other regions, biomass use is …

Inefficient household cooking in less-developed countries harms health and productivity, the
environment, and the global climate. Interventions to encourage adoption of cleaner and …

Abstract Background Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 calls for “universal access to
affordable, reliable, modern energy services” for the 2.6 billion individuals lacking access to …

Despite the potential of improved cookstoves to reduce the adverse environmental and
health impacts of solid fuel use, their adoption and use remains low. Social marketing—with …

More than one-third of the world's population, mainly the low-income group, still rely on
traditional biomass fuels for household cooking. The indoor air pollution from household …

Biomass fuel could effectively address the existing energy crisis in developing countries,
including Bangladesh, yet its potential remains largely overlooked in scholarly and policy …

Household cooking, particularly in developing countries like Ghana, is typically done using
traditional cookstoves and unclean fuels. The costs of these high polluting cooking methods …

This paper investigates household preferences for improved cook stoves using a choice
experiment administered in rural Ethiopia, and the cost-effectiveness of an improved stove …