Household electrification and indoor air pollution

Barrón, Manuel; Torero, Máximo

doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2017.07.007

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“…Such an exercise is particularly costly, but it is extremely useful if one wants to minimize measurement error and self-reporting bias. Useful examples for objective IAP measures, ICS usage monitoring and morbidity assessments are provided in Barron and Torero (2016), Ruiz-Marcado et al (2011) and Beltramo and Levine (2013), Hanna et al (2016). This may induce the development of innovative financing mechanisms, for example through carbon and impact finance (Simon et al 2014).…”

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

Bonan¹,

2017

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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. We focus on the demand-side and household perspective. Our main outcomes of interest are electricity connection and ICS adoption for the analysis of barriers, time allocation, labour market outcomes and welfare for the impact analysis. We provide evidence of significant wellbeing impacts of electrification, and mixed evidence for cookstoves.JEL classification: O1, O13, Q4, Q48

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

Bonan¹,

2017

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“…Studies have found effects of access to electrification on a wealth of socioeconomic variables like employment (Dinkelman, 2011), indoor air quality (Barron and Torero, 2015a), energy use, time allocation, and income (Barron and Torero, 2015b;Bensch, Kluve, and Peters, 2010;Khandker, Barnes, andSamad, 2012, 2013;Chakravorty, Pelli, and Marchand, 2013), housing value and human development (Lipscomb, Mobarak, and Barham, 2013). However, there is still scarce evidence on the role that access to electricity plays on firm performance and industry development, two key elements of economic growth.…”

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Exploring Firm-Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States

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“…Measurements of indoor PM 2.5 concentrations in kerosene‐using homes support modeled estimates and are also suggestive of a potential benefit of kerosene use elimination. Kerosene‐using homes that received electricity connections in El Salvador experienced a 66% reduction in living room PM 2.5 concentrations during peak lighting hours . Repeated PM 2.5 measurements in the living rooms of Ugandan households showed that concentrations in homes with solar lamps were about 40% of those in households using simple wick lamps .…”

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“…Kerosene-using homes that received electricity connections in El Salvador experienced a 66% reduction in living room PM 2.5 concentrations during peak lighting hours. 16 Repeated PM 2.5 measurements in the living rooms of Ugandan households showed that concentrations in homes with solar lamps were about 40% of those in households using simple wick lamps. 17 Lacking have been studies of exposure of actual kerosene lamp users, and exposure changes from introducing kerosene lamp replacements.…”

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Exposure reductions associated with introduction of solar lamps to kerosene lamp-using households in Busia County, Kenya

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Solar lamps are a clean and potentially cost-effective alternative to polluting kerosene lamps used by millions of families in developing countries. By how much solar lamps actually reduce exposure to pollutants, however, has not been examined. Twenty households using mainly kerosene for lighting were enrolled through a secondary school in Busia County, Kenya. Personal PM and CO concentrations were measured on a school pupil and an adult in each household, before and after provision of 3 solar lamps. PM concentrations were measured in main living areas, pupils' bedrooms, and kitchens. Usage sensors measured use of kerosene and solar lighting devices. Ninety percent of baseline kerosene lamp use was displaced at 1-month follow-up, corresponding to average PM reductions of 61% and 79% in main living areas and pupils' bedrooms, respectively. Average 48-h exposure to PM fell from 210 to 104 μg/m (-50%) among adults, and from 132 to 35 μg/m (-73%) among pupils. Solar lamps displaced most kerosene lamp use in at least the short term. If sustained, this could mitigate health impacts of household air pollution in some contexts. Achieving safe levels of exposure for all family members would likely require also addressing use of solid-fuel stoves.

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Household electrification and indoor air pollution

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Cited by 152 publications

References 46 publications

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

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

Exploring Firm-Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States

Exposure reductions associated with introduction of solar lamps to kerosene lamp-using households in Busia County, Kenya

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