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Why Countries Just Can’t Quit Coal? New Research Offers Some Clues
Jan Steckel discusses political economy research to understand the non-economic drivers of global coal transition.
How to Increase the Use of Clean Cookstoves and Solar Lighting in Rural Ethiopia and Beyond
Sied Hassen discusses experiments to understand willingness to pay for cookstoves and solar lights in Ethiopia.
China Has A Plan to Reduce Household Air Pollution. But Who Benefits?
Lunyu Xie discusses China’s plan to reduce household air pollution.
Why Does Chile Have Such Bad Air Pollution?
Carlos Chavez discusses the use of wood-burning stoves for home heating and policies to alleviate problems with indoor air pollution in Chile.
How Female Entrepreneurs Can Light Up Rural Rwanda
Rebecca Klege finds that female energy entrepreneurs are more successful than male entrepreneurs in Rwanda.
New Research Finds a Link Between Fires, Children’s Health and Gross Domestic Product
Prachi Singh finds a significant correlation between low weight and low height ratios and exposure to this pollution.
Why Don’t More People Use Clean Cookstoves?
For years, the global development community has struggled over the problem of dirty burning cookstoves.