24 research outputs found
Impact of electrification on the welfare of rural households in Ethiopia
No full textDawit Mekonnen, Tiruwork Arega, Seid Yimam, and Claudia Ringle
Development of the rural household energy insecurity experiences scale with insights from Ethiopia
No full textThere is little evidence on how energy poverty affects rural households in low- and middle-income countries. To address this, the CGIAR NEXUS Gains Initiative developed the Rural Household Energy Insecurity Experiences Scale (RHEIES) and piloted the tool in Ethiopia using in-depth interviews. We find heterogeneous energy insecurity experiences across locations and gender dimensions
Strengthening women’s access to rural energy sources and technologies in Ethiopia: From research to action
No full textA NEXUS Gains workshop held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia explored entry points to strengthen women’s access to energy in rural area
Intra-household decisions on cookstove choices and impacts on the welfare of women and girls
No full textThis study aimed to examine the intra-household decision-making on stove choice and understand whether the gender and other characteristics of the household member who decides on the type of cookstove used affect the intended welfare gains for women and girls. Using a nationally representative data set collected by the World Bank in 2018, factors associated with cookstove choices and the impact of the chosen cookstove type on women’s time use were estimated using a generalized structural equation modelling. The findings show that cookstove choices are associated more with the characteristics of the person who makes such decisions within the household than the characteristics of the head of the household. When the person who decides on the types of stoves used in the house is female, literate, married, cooks frequently in the house, and is employed, they are more likely to choose manufactured and self-built stoves. Women and girls in households that use a combination of manufactured and self built stoves spend less time on cooking and collection of fuel for home use and more time on childcare and paid work outside the house compared to women and girls in households that use only open fire tripod stoves. The stacking of manufactured, self built, and open fire tripod stoves frees up women's and girls' time for schoolwork by reducing cooking time, though it increases time they spend on fuel collection. Education and extension campaigns aimed at improving the adoption of improved cookstoves in rural Ethiopia would be more successful if they first identified who in the household makes the decision on cookstove choices and then focused their messaging to those persons, who are not always household heads. Cookstove program implementers will have a higher chance of convincing people to adopt self-built and manufactured stoves instead of open-fire stoves if their messaging focuses more on female members of households rather than male members, on those household members who cook frequently rather than those who cook only sometimes, and focus on educated rather than non-educated members of the household
Impact of electrification on the welfare of rural households in Ethiopia: A gendered perspective
No full textIntra-household decisions on cookstove choices and impacts on the welfare of women and girls
No full textThis study aimed to examine the intra-household decision-making on stove choice and understand whether the gender and other characteristics of the household member who decides on the type of cookstove used affect the intended welfare gains for women and girls. Using a nationally representative data set collected by the World Bank in 2018, factors associated with cookstove choices and the impact of the chosen cookstove type on women’s time use were estimated using a generalized structural equation modelling. The findings show that cookstove choices are associated more with the characteristics of the person who makes such decisions within the household than the characteristics of the head of the household. When the person who decides on the types of stoves used in the house is female, literate, married, cooks frequently in the house, and is employed, they are more likely to choose manufactured and self-built stoves. Women and girls in households that use a combination of manufactured and self built stoves spend less time on cooking and collection of fuel for home use and more time on childcare and paid work outside the house compared to women and girls in households that use only open fire tripod stoves. The stacking of manufactured, self built, and open fire tripod stoves frees up women's and girls' time for schoolwork by reducing cooking time, though it increases time they spend on fuel collection. Education and extension campaigns aimed at improving the adoption of improved cookstoves in rural Ethiopia would be more successful if they first identified who in the household makes the decision on cookstove choices and then focused their messaging to those persons, who are not always household heads. Cookstove program implementers will have a higher chance of convincing people to adopt self-built and manufactured stoves instead of open-fire stoves if their messaging focuses more on female members of households rather than male members, on those household members who cook frequently rather than those who cook only sometimes, and focus on educated rather than non-educated members of the household
Determinants of Enterprises’ Use of Energy Efficient Technologies:Evidence from Urban Ethiopia
Full text linkThe Environment for Development (EfD) initiative is an environmental economics program focused on international
research collaboration, policy advice, and academic training. Financial support is provided by the Swedish International
Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Learn more at www.efdinitiative.org or contact [email protected] conducted a cross-sectional survey of 8174 micro, small and medium enterprises from ten major urban areas in Ethiopia to study the determinants of the enterprises’ adoption of energy efficiency practices and technologies. For identification, we rely on a generalized ordered probit model. The findings reveal that, as the size of the enterprise becomes larger, it is more likely the enterprise will undertake energy efficient practices and technologies. This may be because larger enterprises are less likely to face constraints related to capital or know-how to adopt these technologies. Further, enterprises which are clustered in an industrial zone are also more likely to use energy efficient technologies, revealing a spillover effect of being located in the same place. Enterprises with highly educated entrepreneurs are in favor of the adoption of the technologies. By contrast, entrepreneurs who perceive pro-environmental activities as unnecessary and costly are less likely to use energy efficient technologies. Our results imply that expansion of industrial zones and educational (informational) campaigns are important for enhancing micro and small enterprises’ adoption of energy efficient technologies.The Swedish International
Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
Determinants of enterprises use of energy efficient technologies: Evidence from urban Ethiopia
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Constraints to agricultural mechanization in Ethiopia: The case of solar irrigation pumps
No full textAgriculture and food production in Ethiopia are dominated by smallholder farmers and characterized by a low input-low output system. Mechanization of agriculture—in particular, the widespread adoption of tractors for land preparation and motorized pumps for irrigation—is considered by many to be the key to breaking this low-productivity system. Agricultural mechanization can improve the livelihoods of smallholders by reducing drudgery and postharvest losses and by increasing the efficiency of farm operations. However, mechanization rates have increased only slowly in Sub-Saharan Africa
