Corpus ID: 9683678

Market Barriers to Clean Cooking Fuels in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Literature

@inproceedings{Schlag2008MarketBT,
  title={Market Barriers to Clean Cooking Fuels in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Literature},
  author={N. Schlag and F. Zuzarte},
  year={2008}
}

• N. Schlag, F. Zuzarte
• Published 2008
• Geography

In the developing nations of sub-Saharan Africa, providing households with modern energy services is a critical step towards development. A large majority of households in the region rely on traditional biomass fuels for cooking, which represent a significant proportion of energy used in the domestic setting. The disadvantages of these fuels are many: they are inefficient energy carriers and their heat is difficult to control; they produce dangerous emissions; and their current rate of… Expand