Lessons from the World’s Largest Subsidy Benefit Transfer Scheme

Jain, Abhishek; Agrawal, Shalu; Karthik, G.

doi:10.1017/9781108241946.014

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“…Several studies recognize the significance of awareness in motivating households for a fuel switch [ 19 , 22 ]. Scattered evidence suggests that low information and scattered rumors on LPG safety issues may act as a deterrent to uptake and use of LPG by these rural households [ 23 ]. Measures of affordability, accessibility, and awareness are predictors of outcome variables of adoption (aim 1) and sustained use (aim 2) in this study.…”

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“… Accessibility of LPG indicates factors impacting a household’s ability to procure LPG cylinders and stoves when needed. Factors affecting accessibility include (but are not limited to) distance to rural LPG distribution center, delivery mechanism of LPG cylinders, and road connectivity from villages to local distribution centers [ 23 ]. Affordability refers to the maximum possible capacity of households to pay for the minimum level of services [ 23 ].…”

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“…Factors affecting accessibility include (but are not limited to) distance to rural LPG distribution center, delivery mechanism of LPG cylinders, and road connectivity from villages to local distribution centers [ 23 ]. Affordability refers to the maximum possible capacity of households to pay for the minimum level of services [ 23 ]. Affordability is impacted by household factors such as income and LPG demand, and also by government policies on LPG subsidies [ 23 ].…”

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“… Affordability refers to the maximum possible capacity of households to pay for the minimum level of services [ 23 ]. Affordability is impacted by household factors such as income and LPG demand, and also by government policies on LPG subsidies [ 23 ]. Adoption refers to the initial uptake of LPG [ 29 , 30 ].…”

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“…Increase in affordability is a significant, however, an inadequate driver. Limited accessibility and awareness restrains communities from transition to and sustained use of LPG [ 16 , 23 , 24 ]. There is limited evidence exploring combined issues of affordability, accessibility, and awareness (3As) and their relation to adoption and sustained use of LPG by poor communities [ 25 , 26 ].…”

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Adoption and sustained use of cleaner cooking fuels in rural India: a case control study protocol to understand household, network, and organizational drivers

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BackgroundImplementing efficient stoves and clean fuels in low and middle-income countries are critical for improving health of poor women and children and improve the environment. Cleaner biomass stoves, however, perform poorly against the World Health Organization’s indoor air quality guidelines. This has shifted the focus to systematic dissemination and implementation of cleaner cooking systems such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) among poor communities. Even when there is some uptake of LPG by poor communities, its sustained use has been low. Concurrent use of LPG with traditional biomass cookstoves compromises reductions in household air pollution and limits health and environmental dividends. Therefore understanding key drivers of adoption and sustained implementation of clean fuels among the poor is critical. There is a significant gap, however, in the research to understand determinants and sustained exclusive use of clean fuels in rural poor communities.Methods/designUsing a case control study design, this study will explore the impact of affordability, accessibility, and awareness on adoption and sustained use of LPG among rural poor communities of India. The study uses a multistage random sampling to collect primary data from 510 households. Case group or LPG adopters constitute 255 households while control group or non-LPG adopters constitute the remaining 255 households. The study will deploy sophisticated stove use monitoring sensors in each of the stoves in 100 case group households to monitor stove use and stacking behavior (using clean and traditional systems of cooking) of participants for 12 months. Moreover, this will be the first study to explore the impact of personal social networks striated by gender on LPG adoption. This study is guided by the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) implementation science evaluation framework.DiscussionLessons from this study will feed into a larger discussion on developing a pro-poor strategy to foster uptake and sustained use of cleaner cooking systems such as LPG. Understanding the determinants of adoption and sustained use of cleaner cooking systems through the RE-AIM framework will expand our insights on implementation of cleaner cooking systems among poor communities and will advance implementation science in the clean cooking sector. A thorough study of such implementation strategies is crucial to realize multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals on global health, climate change, and energy security.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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The politics of fossil fuel subsidies and their reform: Implications for climate change mitigation

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2019

WIREs Climate Change

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The production and consumption of fossil fuels need to decrease significantly to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement's ambitious climate change goals. However, fossil fuels continue to receive significant amounts of government support. Although reforming fossil fuel subsidies can yield climate change mitigation benefits, the specific international and domestic political context and political economy of fossil fuel subsidies means that such reform is not straightforward and may not be aligned with traditional climate politics. Our objective in this review article is to examine the implications of the politics of fossil fuel subsidies and their reform for climate change mitigation. The first step of examining these implications is to review existing studies on the size and impacts of global fossil fuel subsidies. Subsequently, we discuss the international politics of fossil fuel subsidies, including the emerging norm of fossil fuel subsidy reform, and the respective roles played by the international climate regime and several international economic institutions. Finally, we examine why fossil fuel subsidies are introduced and maintained at the domestic level, how fossil fuel subsidy reform has functioned in practice, and whether and how such reform could be conceived as an instrument for climate policy. This article is categorized under: The Carbon Economy and Climate Mitigation > Policies, Instruments, Lifestyles, Behavior Policy and Governance > Private Governance of Climate Change

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