[Stoves] LiveWire: COVID-19’s Impact on the Transition to Clean Cooking Fuels: Initial Findings from a Case Study in Rural Kenya

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 9:30

Dear colleagues,

Our recent paper COVID-19’s Impact on the Transition to Clean Cooking Fuels: Initial Findings from a Case Study in Rural Kenya<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenknowledge.worldbank.org%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F10986%2F35258%2FCOVID-19-s-Impact-on-the-Transition-to-Clean-Cooking-Fuels-Initial-Findings-from-a-Case-Study-in-Rural-Kenya.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1%26isAllowed%3Dy&data=04%7C01%7C%7C4254f5f6af374a44320408d8e87f9a40%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637514982034834972%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=UkG9wPdGJzg5zhLO%2F%2Fu01ay9vtz1zVdz0apck8AJwYs%3D&reserved=0> (co-authored by Zijun and myself) sheds some light on these issues from a case study using focus
group discussions in rural areas of Kenya’s Kiambu county. The study is part of a larger field study<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.esmap.org%2Fesmap_ci-dev_pave-way-for-scalingup-innovative-financing-in&data=04%7C01%7C%7C4254f5f6af374a44320408d8e87f9a40%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637514982034834972%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=NhEU%2FFjnC7qJ0DVF%2F7mypf19nA9xjezv6jTqWJ79JFc%3D&reserved=0> funded and managed by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program and the Carbon Initiative for Development of the World Bank.

Hope you find the paper useful and appreciate if you can disseminate through your networks.

Best regards,
Yabei

Yabei Zhang
Senior Energy Specialist
Lead, Clean Cooking Fund
Energy & Extractives
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified household preferences for convenience and affordability, presenting challenges as well as opportunities for the transition to clean cooking fuels. Initial findings from a case study conducted in rural Kenya suggest that the pandemic and lockdown have altered household cooking practices and fuel-use patterns. Households in the study’s intervention group used domestically produced biogas; those in the control group, chiefly wood, supplemented by liquefied petroleum gas and charcoal. Independent access to biogas insulated the intervention group from fluctuations in fuel prices and limits on access, while encouraging adoption. As recovery begins, the right policies can speed the transition to clean cooking fuels. Poor households—those most affected by the pandemic but least equipped to recover from its effects—will need the greatest support.

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