Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health : Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
This paper presents the three-year impacts of an improved biomass cookstove on child and adult health in rural Ethiopia. After near complete stove adoption during an initial one-year randomized controlled trial, 60 percent of treatment households c...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/885481561749570093/Impacts-of-Improved-Biomass-Cookstoves-on-Child-and-Adult-Health-Experimental-Evidence-from-Rural-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32001 |
| Summary: | This paper presents the three-year
impacts of an improved biomass cookstove on child and adult
health in rural Ethiopia. After near complete stove adoption
during an initial one-year randomized controlled trial, 60
percent of treatment households continued to use the
improved stoves three-years on and experienced reductions in
hazardous airborne particulate matter. The study finds that
treatment status is associated with a precisely estimated
0.3-0.4 standard deviation improvement in height-for-age of
young children exposed during their first years of life,
compared with a control group of households that never used
the improved stove. This is a substantial effect with
implications for greater health and well-being throughout
the life course. However, the study finds no changes in the
respiratory symptoms or physical functioning of older
children and adult cooks in treated households relative to
control households. The results advance understanding of the
health impacts of hazardous air pollution while also
refining the design and implementation options for
interventions geared toward improving well-being in similar environments. |
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