Household energy choice for cooking among the time and consumption poor in Ghana

Martey, Edward; Etwire, Prince Maxwell; Atinga, David; Yevu, Mawuli

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2021.120408

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“…Many African countries consider sustainable development as the fulcrum of their development agenda (Ahmed and Gasparatos, 2020;Koomson and Danquah, 2021;Martey et al, 2021). Ahmed et al (2016) and Lambrecht (2016) observe that even though men and women farmers both experience climate change, it is predominantly men that engage in practices and decision making to mitigate its impact.…”

Section: Energy and Sustainable Developmentmentioning

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“…Asibey et al (2021) conclude that policy interventions should identify gendered energy needs to address energy poverty between men and women. According to a research by Martey et al (2021) on household energy choice for cooking among the time and consumption poor in Ghana using nationally representative household-level data. This was examined by employing different time poverty cut-offs and the bi-probit model.…”

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Improving women's energy access, rights and equitable sustainable development: a Ghanaian perspective

Owusu‐Manu

Sackey

Osei‐Asibey

et al. 2021

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PurposeThe purpose of the study is to investigate the challenges in improving women's energy access, rights and equitable sustainable development from a Ghanaian perspective.Design/methodology/approachThe research utilizes a mixed method. A qualitative in-depth exploratory design was chosen to understand how gender is mainstreamed within Ghana's energy sector. This included semi-structured interviews with key managers, experience policy experts and focus groups. The semi-structured interviews were analyzed using thematic content analysis (TCA).FindingsThe study reveals that the National Energy Policy of 2010, as the main energy policy regulating the energy sector in Ghana, does make provision for gender equality, safety especially women, in line with Ghana's sustainable development goals. The energy policy aims to empower women and create gender parity in the sector. Nevertheless, the study also found major challenges to gender mainstreaming in the energy sector, including poor analysis in formulating energy policies, inadequate financial resources, and poor monitoring and evaluation.Originality/valueThe paper exposes gender equity challenges associated with the energy sector in Ghana. It also offers a new policy angle which connects gender mainstreaming to sustainable development. The research describes how women are included in developing energy policies and in addressing gender challenges in the energy sector.

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Section: Energy and Sustainable Developmentmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving women's energy access, rights and equitable sustainable development: a Ghanaian perspective

Owusu‐Manu

Sackey

Osei‐Asibey

et al. 2021

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“…Time poverty is a significant development issue, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where individuals work greater number of hours than is desirable 1 (Parra & Wodon, 2010 ). The concept of time poverty and its applications to welfare issues is gaining the attention of policymakers and researchers (Bardasi & Wodon, 2006 ; Bardasi & Wodon, 2010 ; Gates & Gates, 2016 ; Kalenkoski & Hamrick, 2013 ; Martey et al, 2021 ; Orkoh et al, 2020 ; Williams et al, 2016 ). The relationship between time and consumption poverty is closely related.…”

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“…Parents’ investment in child human capital formation at an early age is necessary for later learning and successes (World Bank, 2003 ; Heckman, 2000 ). The literature identifies several strategies that households use to reduce their time and consumption poverty (Bardasi & Wodon, 2010 ; Bishop-Sambrook, 2016 ; Burchardt, 2008 ; Martey et al, 2021 ; Orkoh et al, 2020 ). However, the strategies may have either positive or negative effects on child work, school attendance, and travel time to school.…”

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Parental Time Poverty, Child Work and School Attendance in Ghana

Martey¹,

Etwire²,

Koomson

2022

Child Ind Res

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This study examines the relationship between parental time poverty, child work, and school attendance in Ghana using data from the sixth and seventh rounds of the Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS6 and GLSS7). Results of the analysis indicate an increasing decline in child enrolment in public schools (from 9% to 6%) among time poor household heads. In addition, parental time poverty increases children’s walking hours to and from school and private school enrolment. We observed heterogeneity of parental time poverty on child work in relation to the location of households and gender disaggregation. Child work and school attendance-reducing effect of parental time poverty is mainly prevalent among male children but mixed for location. Our result is robust to the alternative estimation method of addressing endogeneity and further shows that household income is the primary channel through which time poverty influences child work and school attendance. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12187-022-09926-4 10.1007/s12187-022-09926-4.

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“…Furthermore, solid fuels are predominantly used among the poorest households. While the literature focusing on energy poverty in the Global South emphasizes problems related to solid fuel use (such as indoor air pollution) [12][13][14][15][16][17], solid fuel use in the Global North has not been sufficiently considered in the energy poverty literature. Current policy instruments often fail to recognize solid fuel heating issues.…”

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Will Plans to Ease Energy Poverty Go Up in Smoke? Assessing the Hungarian NECP through the Lens of Solid Fuel Users’ Vulnerabilities

Bajomi

Feldmár²,

Herrero

2021

Sustainability

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Hungary has one of the highest incidences of energy poverty in the European Union, and a high share of Hungarian low-income households rely on solid fuels. This paper first maps the energy vulnerabilities of Hungarian solid fuel users using six energy vulnerability factors. The mapping underlines that solid fuel users are more exposed to energy vulnerability than average households. This is followed by an analysis of energy-poverty-related objectives and measures outlined in the Hungarian National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), a key policy document of the green energy transition. The paper outlines that the NECP fails to comply with the requirement of setting energy poverty alleviation objectives. Furthermore, the outlined energy-poverty-related policies and measures fail to provide systematic solutions to energy-poverty drivers, especially those solid fuel users’ vulnerabilities. Hungary’s general antiegalitarian policy environment and the weak design of energy poverty measures in the NECP suggest severe deficiency regarding a just energy transition guarantee. A just energy transition in Hungary is therefore endangered by the fact that EU energy poverty alleviation requirements fall under soft-law coordination mechanisms that make such requirements hardly enforceable in a member state with an antipoor policy bias that is reluctant to tackle energy poverty.

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Household energy choice for cooking among the time and consumption poor in Ghana

Cited by 15 publications

References 20 publications

Improving women's energy access, rights and equitable sustainable development: a Ghanaian perspective

Improving women's energy access, rights and equitable sustainable development: a Ghanaian perspective

Parental Time Poverty, Child Work and School Attendance in Ghana

Will Plans to Ease Energy Poverty Go Up in Smoke? Assessing the Hungarian NECP through the Lens of Solid Fuel Users’ Vulnerabilities

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