Documents et rapports
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The Effect of Information and Subsidy Measures on Adoption of Solar Lanterns : An Application of the BDM Bidding Mechanism in Rural Ethiopia (anglais)
Solar lanterns are a relatively inexpensive renewable-energy option for household lighting in developing countries. However, the transition to these lighting sources is slow. To understand why, this study...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9595 Date du document: 23 mars 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mekonnen,Alemu,Hassen,Sied,Jaime,Marcela,Toman,Michael A.,Zhang,Xiao-Bing
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Improved Biomass Cookstove Use in the Longer Run : Results from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia (anglais)
This paper reports on electronically-monitored improved use of the "Mirt" biomass stove in Ethiopia over a relatively long period of three-and-a-half years, using stove use data collected at five points...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9272 Date du document: 8 juin 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mekonnen,Alemu,Beyene,Abebe D.,Bluffstone,Randall Ames,Dissanayake,Sahan,Gebreegziabher,Zenebe,LaFave,Daniel,Martinsson,Peter,Toman,Michael A.
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Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce PM2.5 Concentrations ? If So, for Whom ? Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia (anglais)
Improved biomass cookstoves have been promoted as important intermediate technologies to reduce fuelwood consumption and possibly cut household air pollution in low-income countries. This study uses a...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8930 Date du document: 28 juin 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bluffstone,Randall,LaFave,Daniel,Mekonnen,Alemu,Dissanayake,Sahan,Beyene,Abebe Damte,Gebreegziabher,Zenebe,Toman,Michael A.
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Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health : Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia (anglais)
This paper presents the three-year impacts of an improved biomass cookstove on child and adult health in rural Ethiopia. After near complete stove adoption during an initial one-year randomized controlled...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8929 Date du document: 28 juin 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: LaFave,Daniel,Beyene,Abebe Damte,Bluffstone,Randall,Dissanayake,Sahan T. M.,Gebreegziabher,Zenebe,Mekonnen,Alemu,Toman,Michael A.
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Stability and Evolution of Preferences for Improved Cookstoves -- A Difference-in-Difference Analysis of a Choice Experiment from Ethiopia (anglais)
There is a growing effort in the non-market valuation literature toward better understanding of the stability and evolution of preferences over time. The study uses a novel approach combining a repeated...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8928 Date du document: 28 juin 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Dissanayake,Sahan T. M.,Voigt,George,Cooper, Abbie,Beyene, Abebe Damte,Bluffstone,Randall,Gebreegziabher,Zenebe,LaFave, Daniel,Martinsson,Peter,Mekonnen,Alemu,Toman,Michael A.
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Improved cook stoves for climate change mitigation ? evidence of values, preferences and carbon savings from a choice experiment in Ethiopia (anglais)
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 for reducing global greenhouse...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8499 Date du document: 28 juin 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Dissanayake,Sahan T. M.,Beyene,Abebe Damte,Bluffstone,Randall,Gebreegziabher,Zenebe,Kiggundu,Gilbert,Kooser,Shannon H.,Martinsson,Peter,Mekonnen,Alemu,Toman,Michael A.
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Can improved biomass cookstoves contribute to REDD+ in low-income countries ? evidence from a controlled cooking test trial with randomized behavioral treatments (anglais)
This paper provides field experiment–based evidence on the potential additional forest carbon sequestration that cleaner and more fuel-efficient cookstoves might generate. The paper focuses on the Mirt...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7394 Date du document: 17 août 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Beyene,Abebe D.,Bluffstone,Randall Ames,Dissanayake,Sahan,Gebreegziabher,Zenebe,Martinsson,Peter,Mekonnen,Alemu,Toman,Michael A.
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Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce fuelwood consumption and carbon emissions ? evidence from rural Ethiopia using a randomized treatment trial with electronic monitoring (anglais)
This paper uses a randomized experimental design with real-time electronic stove temperature measurements and controlled cooking tests to estimate the fuelwood and carbon dioxide savings from an improved...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7324 Date du document: 22 juin 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Beyene,Abebe,Bluffstone,Randall Ames,Gebreegzhiaber,Zenebe,Martinsson,Peter,Mekonnen,Alemu,Vieider,Ferdinand
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The improved biomass stove saves wood, but how often do people use it ? evidence from a randomized treatment trial in Ethiopia (anglais)
This paper uses a randomized experimental design and real-time electronic stove use monitors to evaluate the frequency with which villagers use improved biomass-burning Mirt injera cookstoves in rural...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7297 Date du document: 9 juin 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Beyene,Abebe D.,Bluffstone,Randall,Gebreegziabher,Zenebe,Martinsson,Peter,Mekonnen,Alemu,Vieider,Ferdinand
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Preferences for REDD+ contract attributes in low-income countries : a choice experiment in Ethiopia (anglais)
This paper informs the national and international policy discussions related to the adoption of the United Nations Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Programme. Effective program...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7296 Date du document: 9 juin 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Dissanayake,Sahan T. M.,Beyene,Abebe Damte,Bluffstone,Randall Ames,Gebreegziabher, Zenebe,Martinsson,Peter,Mekonnen,Alemu,Toman,Michael A.,Vieider,Ferdinand M.