Household electricity consumption inefficiency and poverty - evidence from Ghana

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Twerefou, Daniel Kwabena
Toman, Michael A.
Turkson, Ebo
Twumasi Baffour, Priscilla

Abstract

Demand-side management of energy consumption using energy efficiency improvements has the potential to reduce poverty in addition to reducing greenhouse emissions. However, very little is known about the impact of electrical energy consumption inefficiency on poverty.

Using data from a household survey and the Ordinary Least Square estimation technique, we first assess the impact of household electricity consumption efficiency on multidimensional poverty using a stochastic energy demand frontier model.

EfD Discussion Paper
Energy, Gender, Policy Design

Does Traffic Congestion pose Health Hazards? Evidence from a Highly Congested and Polluted City

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Kacker, Kanishka
Gupta , Ridhima

Highlights:

  • Nearly 5000 deaths per year in Delhi can be attributed to traffic congestion.
  • Increased traffic congestion worsens air quality. The worsening is greater when congestion is already at a high level.
  • A congestion charge on large private vehicles can offer large benefits with minimal disruption to the existing status quo.
Research Brief
Air Quality, Health, Land, Policy Design

Access to energy improves households’ food security and children’s nutrition

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Gebreheiwot, Tagel
Hassen, Sied

 

 This brief is based on results from the study Impact of energy access on food security and child nutrition: panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia, EfD Discussion Paper 22-11, June 2022, by Tagel Gebrehiwot and Sied Hassen. 

Research Brief
Energy, Health, Policy Design
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