LEADER 03610oam 22007455 450 001 9910813564303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-65736-4 010 $a9786612657368 010 $a0-8213-8310-8 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-7897-7 035 $a(CKB)2560000000012956 035 $a(EBL)589787 035 $a(OCoLC)811492937 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000410111 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11260739 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000410111 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10350055 035 $a(PQKB)11533533 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC589787 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL589787 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10383960 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL265736 035 $a(The World Bank)ocn463396805 035 $a(US-djbf)16263215 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000012956 100 $a20100602d2010 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRestoring balance : $eBangladesh's rural energy realities /$fM. Asaduzzaman, Douglas F. Barnes, Shahidur R. Khandker 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$d2010. 215 $axxvi, 141 pages $cillustrations, maps ;$d26 cm 225 1 $aWorld Bank working paper,$x1726-5878 ;$vno. 181 300 $a"This study was conducted with the technical and financial support from the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), the collaborative efforts of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) in Dhaka and the World Bank" --p. xi. 311 $a0-8213-7897-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 137-138). 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Units of Measure/Currency Equivalents; Energy Conversion Factors; Executive Summary; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Household Energy Use; CHAPTER 3 Household Energy Demand; CHAPTER 4 Household Gains from Energy Use; CHAPTER 5 Energy Consumption and Rural Production; CHAPTER 6 Institutional Framework for Rural Energy Supply; CHAPTER 7 Policy Recommendations; ANNEXES; References; Glossary; Special Report Series 330 $aRural energy's importance to the Bangladesh economy cannot be underestimated. The problems rural people face in obtaining safe, clean, and reliable energy supplies are not minor inconveniences. People are cooking with biomass fuels including large amounts of leaves and grass that expose them harmful indoor air pollution. They light with kerosene or sometimes candles which give off a dim light that hampers studying and reading in the evening. Finally, rural productivity suffers because of lack of access to modern energy. However, the picture also is not all bleak. This study underscores how imp 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 410 0$aWorld Bank working paper ;$vno. 181. 606 $aEnergy consumption$zBangladesh 606 $aRural public utilities$zBangladesh 615 0$aEnergy consumption 615 0$aRural public utilities 676 $a333.79095492 700 $aAsaduzzaman$b M$01683191 701 $aBarnes$b Douglas F$01597326 701 $aKhandker$b Shahidur R$0877451 712 02$aEnergy Sector Management Assistance Programme. 712 02$aBangladesh Institute of Development Studies. 712 02$aWorld Bank. 801 0$bYDXCP 801 1$bYDXCP 801 2$bBWX 801 2$bCDX 801 2$bCOO 801 2$bDGU 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813564303321 996 $aRestoring balance$94053819 997 $aUNINA