Policy Analysis on Clean Cooking in Malawi: Case of Improved Cookstoves by Mlowa Tawina Kapusa, Chitawo Maxon L., Kasulo Victor

“…The underlying technologies in clean cooking are improved cookstove. Improved cook stoves are designed to reduce fuel consumption per meal and to curb smoke emissions experienced in traditional three-stone cookstove. …”
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Preferences and adoption of improved cookstove from results-based financing program in Southeastern Ethiopia by Azmera Belachew, Yoseph Melka

“…To achieve this, results-based financing (RBF) was implemented to distribute improved cookstove with a demand and supply side management system. …”
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Dynamics of Clean and Sustainable Households’ Energy Technologies in Developing Countries: The Case of Improved Cookstoves in Ghana by Abdulai Adams, Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Hamidatu S. Dramani

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Human exposure to indoor air pollution in Ethiopian households by Elsai Mati Asefa, Mekuria Teshome Mergia

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Are cleaner cooking solutions clean enough? A systematic review and meta-analysis of particulate and carbon monoxide concentrations and exposures by Daniel Pope, Michael Johnson, Nigel Fleeman, Kirstie Jagoe, Rui Duarte, Michelle Maden, Ramona Ludolph, Nigel Bruce, Matthew Shupler, Heather Adair-Rohani, Jessica Lewis

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Improved cookstoves to reduce household air pollution exposure in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review of intervention studies by Eunice Phillip, Jessica Langevin, Megan Davis, Nitya Kumar, Aisling Walsh, Vincent Jumbe, Mike Clifford, Ronan Conroy, Debbi Stanistreet

“…Most (86.9%) of the improved cookstoves showed a reduction in harmful emission levels compared to the traditional three-stone fire. …”
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Assessing Government Design Practices from a Human-Centered Perspective: Case Study of an Improved Cookstoves Program in Colombia by Juan David Gutiérrez, Sarah María Muñoz-Cadena

“… Governments and non-governmental organizations worldwide are promoting the transition to improved cookstoves (ics), which aim to reduce household air pollution and decrease the use of biomass. …”
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Improved cookstoves to reduce household air pollution exposure in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review of intervention studies. by Eunice Phillip, Jessica Langevin, Megan Davis, Nitya Kumar, Aisling Walsh, Vincent Jumbe, Mike Clifford, Ronan Conroy, Debbi Stanistreet

“…Most (86.9%) of the improved cookstoves showed a reduction in harmful emission levels compared to the traditional three-stone fire. …”
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Biomass cookstoves: A review of technical aspects and recent advances by S.U. Yunusa, E. Mensah, K. Preko, S. Narra, A. Saleh, Safietou Sanfo, M. Isiaka, I.B. Dalha, M. Abdulsalam

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Just and fair household energy transition in rural Latin American households: are we moving forward? by Astrid Schilmann, Víctor Ruiz-García, Montserrat Serrano-Medrano, Luz Angélica de la Sierra de la Vega, Belén Olaya-García, Jesús Alejandro Estevez-García, Víctor Berrueta, Horacio Riojas-Rodríguez, Omar Masera

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TIME to Change: An Evaluation of Practical Action Nepal’s Results Based Finance Program by Benjamin L. Robinson, Mike J. Clifford, Sarah Jewitt

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Can economic incentives enhance adoption and use of a household energy technology? Evidence from a pilot study in Cambodia by Faraz Usmani, Jason Steele, Marc Jeuland

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Mise en œuvre opérationnelle d’un projet de compensation carbone de foyers améliorés au Niger by Fanny Joubert, Milena Begovic

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The Cooking and Pneumonia Study (CAPS) in Malawi: A Nested Pilot of Photovoice Participatory Research Methodology. by Jane Ardrey, Nicola Desmond, Rachel Tolhurst, Kevin Mortimer

“…Photovoice is a feasible participatory research methodology that can play a valuable role in qualitative studies of improved cookstove adoption in challenging resource poor settings.…”
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Design Features and Performance Evaluation of Natural-Draft, Continuous Operation Gasifier Cookstove by Brian Gumino, Nicholas A. Pohlman, Jonathan Barnes, Paul Wever

“…Biomass cookstoves are used as a common source of heating and cooking in developing countries with most improved cookstove design focusing on developing efficiency in thermal conversion of fuels and safer operation than open flame fires. …”
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Energy performance of cookstoves and emission factors in rural areas of Eastern Indo Gangetic Plains (EIGP) by Karnena Koteswara Rao, Bikash Sarkar, Bhagwati Prasad Bhatt

“…Average biomass consumption was recorded as 2.46 kg/capita/day indicating 1.5-fold higher fuel consumption in the region compared to other parts of the country. Use of improved cookstove could, however, save 13% biomass use compared to traditional stove besides 32.5 kJ of energy for cooking of one kg of food. …”
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Cookstoves illustrate the need for a comprehensive carbon market by Luke Sanford, Jennifer Burney

“…Existing carbon offset protocols for improved cookstoves do not require emissions testing. They are based only on estimated reductions in the use of non-renewable biomass generated by a given stove, and use simplistic calculations to convert those fuel savings to imputed emissions of carbon dioxide (CO _2 ). …”
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Development of sensor based evaluation methodologies for developing world products by Sundararaman, Prithiviraj

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Sensor-Based Methods for Characterizing Technology Impact in Low-Resource Settings by Gandhi, Amit

“…Particulate matter concentrations in all of the households using improved cookstoves were significantly higher than World Health Organization (WHO) recommended levels. …”
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Pregnant women’s perception on the health effects of household air pollution in Rural Butajira, Ethiopia: a phenomenological qualitative study by Sisay Shine, Mulugeta Tamirie, Abera Kumie, Adamu Addissie, Simon Athlin, Hussen Mekonnen, Eshetu Girma, Mitike Molla, Mirgissa Kaba

“…Study participant also suggested that opening the door and window; using improved cookstove and reduce workload were the perceived solution for household air pollution. …”
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