Energy, Gender and Development – What are the Linkages? Where is the Evidence?

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Sep 01, 2011
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Energy, Gender and Development – What are the Linkages? Where is the Evidence? 

By Gunnar Köhlin Erin O. Sills Subhrendu K. Pattanayak Christopher Wilfong, Word Bank 2011

This report reviews the literature on the links between energy access, welfare, and gender in order to provide evidence on where gender considerations in the energy sector matter and how they might be addressed. The report's main finding is that energy interventions can have significant gender benefits, which can be realized via careful design and targeting of interventions based on a context-specific understanding of energy scarcity and household decision-making, in particular how women's preferences, opportunity cost of time, and welfare are reflected in household energy decisions.

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Tracking Reference:

Energy_Gender_Development_Linkages_Evidence_2011_EN

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