Who Adopts LPG as the Main Cooking Fuel and Why? Empirical Evidence on Ghana Based on National Survey

Abstract

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Why Is Energy Access Not Enough for Choosing Clean Cooking Fuels? Sustainable Development Goals and Beyond

“…The pertinent literature attributes the difference between the decisions made in male-and female-headed households to the difference in preferences and opportunity cost of time. In general, female-headed households are likely to be prone to interventions related to better access to modern energy and are more likely to switch to clean energy relative to male-headed households (Karimu, Mensah, and Adu 2016;Rahut, Behera, and Ali 2016). Interestingly, the findings for the Kyrgyz Republic are consistent with other studies while the results for India are, surprisingly, at odds with the literature.…”

“…Countries have unique characteristics which result in different energy consumption and different determinants of fuel mix (Lenzen et al 2006). Hence, there is no one-size-fits-all recipe for energy transition or energy ladder, a theory suggesting that a transition from traditional to modern fuels is mainly driven by economic factors, as these factors can differ across regions, countries, and climatic zones, thus highlighting the complexity of fuel switching (Karimu, Mensah, and Adu 2016;Lenzen et al 2006;Martey 2019). Moreover, higher incomes do not necessarily lead to a complete transition to the use of modern fuels.…”

Multidimensional Energy Poverty and Mental Health: Micro-Level Evidence from Ghana

“…In 2015, for example, energy poverty in the Upper West, Northern, and Upper East region was about 0.5812, 0.503 and 0.451, respectively, higher than the MEPI in the Greater Accra region (0.103). The prevalence of poverty in these regions could partly explain this trend [65], especially when income is argued to be a critical factor in modern cooking fuel adoption in Ghana [66]. Moreover, about 5% of the total LPG filling stations in Ghana is situated in these three regions [67], which therefore limits access to energy services in these areas.…”

Understanding the household cooking fuel transition

“…The energy ladder and fuel stacking concepts are used to describe household fuel transition (Hiemstra‐van der Horst & Hovorka, ). The energy ladder describes a stage‐by‐stage approach in which households move away from biomass (e.g., firewood) to transitional fuels (e.g., kerosene) and then to modern fuels (e.g., LPG and electricity; Karimu, Mensah, & Adu, ; Leach, ). Transition is assumed to be a function of income, energy prices, and urbanization in developing countries (Leach, ; McLean et al, ).…”