Location
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Start Date
1-5-2014 9:00 AM
End Date
1-5-2014 10:00 AM
Project Type
Poster- Restricted to Campus Access
Description
This project investigates how people value clean cookstoves in Ethiopia, and examines demographic differences that affect the way people value these stoves. Previous research indicates that traditional cooking methods are harmful to human health as well as the environment, as people need to cut down trees or collect other biomass sources for fuel. However, clean stoves can both solve the environmental problems as well as provide a sustainable method for cooking and heating for developing countries. Previous studies have found that adoption of this new technology has been affected by a households wealth and levels of education, as well as community pressure. Using choice survey data, this study examines what characteristics affect a familys willingness to pay for new stoves, including durability, fuel reduction, smoke reduction and the amount of time they may save. It also considers other factors that may affect a households willingness to pay for stoves, including gender composition of the family as well as the number of children in the home, in an effort to determine what makes these clean technologies desirable.
Faculty Sponsor
Sahan Dissanayake
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Economics Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Social Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
137
Clean Cooking: The Valuation of Stoves in Ethiopia
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
This project investigates how people value clean cookstoves in Ethiopia, and examines demographic differences that affect the way people value these stoves. Previous research indicates that traditional cooking methods are harmful to human health as well as the environment, as people need to cut down trees or collect other biomass sources for fuel. However, clean stoves can both solve the environmental problems as well as provide a sustainable method for cooking and heating for developing countries. Previous studies have found that adoption of this new technology has been affected by a households wealth and levels of education, as well as community pressure. Using choice survey data, this study examines what characteristics affect a familys willingness to pay for new stoves, including durability, fuel reduction, smoke reduction and the amount of time they may save. It also considers other factors that may affect a households willingness to pay for stoves, including gender composition of the family as well as the number of children in the home, in an effort to determine what makes these clean technologies desirable.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2014/program/374