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Restoring Balance : Bangladesh's Rural Energy Realities.

Rural energy?s importance to the Bangladesh economy cannot be underestimated. The problems rural people face in obtaining safe, clean, and reliable energy supplies are not minor inconveniences. People are cooking with biomass fuels including large amounts of leaves and grass that expose them harmful...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Asaduzzaman, M.
Otros Autores: Barnes, Douglas F., Khandker, Shahidur R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : World Bank Publications, 2010.
Colección:World Bank working paper.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Rural energy?s importance to the Bangladesh economy cannot be underestimated. The problems rural people face in obtaining safe, clean, and reliable energy supplies are not minor inconveniences. People are cooking with biomass fuels including large amounts of leaves and grass that expose them harmful indoor air pollution. They light with kerosene or sometimes candles which give off a dim light that hampers studying and reading in the evening. Finally, rural productivity suffers because of lack of access to modern energy. However, the picture also is not all bleak. This study underscores how imp.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (349 pages)
ISBN:9780821383100
0821383108