Description: The Impact of Structural Gender Differences and its Consequences on Access to Energy in Rural Bangladesh

The Impact of Structural Gender Differences and its Consequences on Access to Energy in Rural Bangladesh

This report studies the impact that gender differences in Bangladesh have on access to energy and energy services and the consequences of these impacts based on review of recent literature on the matter. The report concludes that the structural gender differences that arise from cultural and religi...

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Main Author:	Fatema, Naureen
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO ENERGY ACCESS TO ENERGY SERVICES ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES AGRICULTURAL WASTES AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY APPROACH BATTERY CHARGING BATTERY CHARGING STATIONS BIOMASS BIOMASS COLLECTION BIOMASS FUEL BIOMASS FUELS BURNING FUEL BURNING FUELS CANCER CARBON CARBON MONOXIDE CLAY STOVES COAL CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY CONVERSION EQUIPMENT COOK STOVE COOKING COW DUNG CROP CROP RESIDUES DEFORESTATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRY BIOMASS EFFICIENT USE ELECTRIC LIGHTING ELECTRIC SUPPLY ELECTRICAL POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRIFICATION EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY COSTS ENERGY NEEDS ENERGY PLANNER ENERGY PLANNING ENERGY POVERTY ENERGY PROJECT ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SUPPLY ENERGY USAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION EQUITABLE ACCESS FEMALE ENGINEERS FEMALE STAFF FLUORESCENT LAMPS FUEL FUEL COLLECTION FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL COSTS FUEL SHORTAGES FUEL SOURCE FUEL SOURCES FUEL SUPPLY FUEL TYPE FUEL WOOD GAS GAS STOVE GENDER GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER BARRIERS GENDER CONCERNS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIMENSION GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GENDER PERSPECTIVES GENDER SPECIFIC GENERATION GIRLS GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL WARMING GRID ELECTRICITY GRID ELECTRIFICATION GRID POWER GRID RURAL ELECTRIFICATION HOUSEHOLD CHORES HOUSEHOLD ENERGY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD NEEDS HUMAN HEALTH INFORMAL SECTORS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY KEROSENE KEROSENE LAMPS KEROSENE LANTERNS LAND OWNERSHIP METHANE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES OIL ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ORGANIC MATERIALS PARTICULATES PILOT PROJECTS POLLUTION POOR WOMEN POWER PRICE OF FUELS PRIMARY ENERGY QUALITY FUELS QUANTITY OF FUEL RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS RICE HUSKS RICE STRAW RURAL AREAS RURAL ELECTRICITY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS RURAL ENERGY RURAL ENERGY SERVICE RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL WOMEN SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUALITY SMOKE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOLAR ELECTRIFICATION SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR HOME SOLAR HOME SYSTEM SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS SOURCE OF ENERGY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRADITIONAL FUELS TURBULENCE UNDP UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT USAID WATER PUMPING WIDOWS WOOD FUEL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/16275236/bangladesh-impact-structural-gender-differences-consequences-access-energy-rural-bangladesh-vol-1-0f-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8261

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Summary:	This report studies the impact that gender differences in Bangladesh have on access to energy and energy services and the consequences of these impacts based on review of recent literature on the matter. The report concludes that the structural gender differences that arise from cultural and religious norms can lead to various impacts in access to energy services which in turn can have long term consequences on women and all these factors must be considered while designing rural energy- gender projects.

The Impact of Structural Gender Differences and its Consequences on Access to Energy in Rural Bangladesh

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