| | In 2018, a '''Special Issue on Scaling Up Clean Fuel Cooking Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries''' was published as an initial effort to document, analyze and disseminate case studies on clean fuel and technology programs in settings across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. We believe the studies in this volume offer some important early lessons and anticipate that a broad community of potentially interested scientists, policymakers and practitioners will find these of use in designing, evaluating and adapting related efforts. | | In 2018, a '''Special Issue on Scaling Up Clean Fuel Cooking Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries''' was published as an initial effort to document, analyze and disseminate case studies on clean fuel and technology programs in settings across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. We believe the studies in this volume offer some important early lessons and anticipate that a broad community of potentially interested scientists, policymakers and practitioners will find these of use in designing, evaluating and adapting related efforts. |
| | "While our focus in developing these case studies was to document programs most likely to yield '''health gains''', this important goal<span>is not the principal driver of most of the clean cooking programs we have profiled. Although health is often cited as a valuable outcome, most of these programs, and indeed most programs around the world today, are principally driven by economic development, environmental (forest) conservation, climate change mitigation and/or gender empowerment concerns ([https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082618302679#bb0075 Goldemberg, Martinez-Gomez, Sagar, & Smith, 2018]; [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082618302679#bb0130 Rosenthal, Quinn, Grieshop, Pillarisetti, & Glass, 2018]) <br/>One result of this mismatch<span>is that programs may be missing important opportunities to maximize health, minimize associated costs, and integrate with other services. '''Multidisciplinary and multisector approaches to understanding barriers and facilitators to adoption and program implementation are clearly necessary, but coordinated national policies for household energy are still uncommon. '''Encouragingly, some country programs profiled here (e.g. Cameroon) have presented national energy “masterplans” that represent a step forward in inter-agency coordination. This follows advice provided by the sustainable energy for all (SE4All) community, which has recognized that '''coordinated national policies for household fuels are important''': to provide a supporting regulatory environment, minimize perverse or conflicting incentives, and to maximize access to clean fuel options. It remains to be seen, however, whether clean cooking programs can be effectively designed to achieve the multiple goals they often cite."''<ref name="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082618302679">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082618302679</ref>''</span></span> | | "While our focus in developing these case studies was to document programs most likely to yield '''health gains''', this important goal<span>is not the principal driver of most of the clean cooking programs we have profiled. Although health is often cited as a valuable outcome, most of these programs, and indeed most programs around the world today, are principally driven by economic development, environmental (forest) conservation, climate change mitigation and/or gender empowerment concerns ([https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082618302679#bb0075 Goldemberg, Martinez-Gomez, Sagar, & Smith, 2018]; [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082618302679#bb0130 Rosenthal, Quinn, Grieshop, Pillarisetti, & Glass, 2018]) <br/>One result of this mismatch<span>is that programs may be missing important opportunities to maximize health, minimize associated costs, and integrate with other services. '''Multidisciplinary and multisector approaches to understanding barriers and facilitators to adoption and program implementation are clearly necessary, but coordinated national policies for household energy are still uncommon. '''Encouragingly, some country programs profiled here (e.g. Cameroon) have presented national energy “masterplans” that represent a step forward in inter-agency coordination. This follows advice provided by the sustainable energy for all (SE4All) community, which has recognized that '''coordinated national policies for household fuels are important''': to provide a supporting regulatory environment, minimize perverse or conflicting incentives, and to maximize access to clean fuel options. It remains to be seen, however, whether clean cooking programs can be effectively designed to achieve the multiple goals they often cite."''<ref name="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082618302679">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082618302679</ref>''</span></span> |
