Access to modern energy: a review of barriers, drivers and impacts

Universal access to modern energy services, in terms of access to electricity and to modern cooking facilities, has been recognized as a fundamental challenge for development. Despite strong praise for action and the deployment of large-scale electrification programs and improved cookstove (ICS) dis...

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Published in:Environment and development economics 2017-10, Vol.22 (5), p.491-516
Main Authors: Bonan, Jacopo, Pareglio, Stefano, Tavoni, Massimo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
Barriers
Biomass
Constraints
Cooking
Cost recovery
Economic development
Electric rates
Electricity
Electricity consumption
Electrification
Energy
Energy consumption
Energy development
Energy economics
Energy utilization
Environmental policy
Heating
Households
Impact analysis
Indoor air quality
Kerosene
Labor market
Local materials
Poverty
Rural areas
Rural electrification
Services
Studies
Subsidies
Sustainable development
Time allocation
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Summary:Universal access to modern energy services, in terms of access to electricity and to modern cooking facilities, has been recognized as a fundamental challenge for development. Despite strong praise for action and the deployment of large-scale electrification programs and improved cookstove (ICS) distribution campaigns, few studies have shed light on the barriers to, the enablers of and the impacts of access to energy on development outcomes, using rigorous methodologies. This paper reviews this recent strand of research, trying to fill these gaps. The authors focus on the demand-side and household perspective. Their main outcomes of interest are electricity connection and ICS adoption for the analysis of barriers, time allocation, labor market outcomes and welfare for the impact analysis. They provide evidence of significant wellbeing impacts of electrification and mixed evidence for cookstoves.
ISSN:1355-770X
1469-4395
DOI:10.1017/S1355770X17000201