Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- A Multidimensional Challenge -- Meeting the Challenge -- Lessons Learned -- The Way Forward -- What Can the World Bank Do? -- What Can Be Done through Partnerships? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Multidimensional Challenge -- An Overwhelming Reliance on Solid Fuels in Developing Countries -- The Use of Solid Fuels and Energy Poverty -- Relationships among Household Energy Use, Indoor Air Pollution, and Health Impacts -- Inefficient Use of Solid Fuels Is Associated with Environmental Degradation and Climate Change -- 3. Meeting the Challenge -- An Overview of Main World Bank Programs with Focus on Household Energy -- A Review of World Bank-Financed Lending Operations on Household Energy Access for Cooking and Heating -- Supply-Side Components -- Demand-Side Components -- An Overview of Selected Interventions from Governments and Other Organizations -- 4. Lessons Learned -- A Holistic Approach to Household Energy Issues Is Necessary -- Public Awareness Campaigns Are Prerequisites for Successful Interventions -- Local Participation Is Fundamental -- Consumer Fuel or Stove Subsidies Are Not a Good Way of Helping the Poor -- Both Market-Based and Public Support Are Relevant in the Commercialization of Improved Stoves -- Needs and Preferences of Improved Stoves Users Should Be Given Priority -- Durability of Improved Stoves Is Key for Their Successful Dissemination -- With Microfinance, the Poor Can Gradually Afford an Improved Stove -- 5. The Way Forward -- What Can the World Bank Do? -- What Can Be Done through Partnerships? -- Appendix A: Lessons Learned from Using Carbon Markets for Household Energy Access Programs -- Carbon Markets as a Revenue Source -- Methodological Issues.

Future Outlook for Carbon Finance for Domestic Energy Programs -- Appendix B: China: Household Energy Programs -- National Household Energy Use -- Household Energy Programs -- Lessons Learned -- Challenges -- Appendix C: Guatemala: Improved Stoves Programs -- National Household Energy Use -- Household Energy Programs -- Improved Cookstoves -- Lessons Learned -- Challenges -- Appendix D: Tanzania: Household Energy Programs -- National Household Energy Use -- Household Energy Program -- Nongovernmental Organization Activities -- Dedicated Improved Cookstove Initiatives -- Lessons Learned -- Challenges -- Appendix E: Thailand: Promoting the USES of LPG for Cooking -- National Household Energy Use -- The Government Approach -- Conclusion -- Appendix F: The GIZ Programme for Poverty-Oriented Basic Energy Services -- Objective and Approach -- Main Results -- Lessons Learned -- References -- Back Cover.