Energy poverty is a frequently used term among energy specialists, but unfortunately the concept is rather loosely … defined. Several existing approaches measure energy poverty by defining an energy poverty line as the minimum quantity of … based on energy demand. The energy poverty line is defined as the threshold point at which energy consumption begins to rise …

energy poverty line. The paper finds that although the use of both traditional (biomass energy burned in conventional stoves … poverty line, the paper finds that some 58 percent of rural households in Bangladesh are energy poor, compared with 45 percent … biomass use can lower energy poverty in a climate-friendly way by reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Reducing energy poverty …

This paper examines the possibility of environmental "development traps," or "brown poverty traps," caused by … may be a key element for avoiding an environmental poverty trap and achieving higher, sustained income levels …

processes in the coming decades. Due to their initial poverty and their relatively high dependence on environmental capital for …. Economic growth is essential for any large-scale poverty reduction. Green growth, a growth process that is sensitive to …-offs between the greening of growth and poverty reduction, and it highlights the sectoral and spatial processes behind effective …

poverty reduction? (b) Does population growth exacerbate pressure on natural resources? and (c) Are family planning programs … institutional settings are key in shaping the prospects of economic growth and poverty reduction, the rate of population growth also …

above and below the poverty line. This analysis, based on the Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Panel Survey … conducted by Egypt?s national statistical agency, compares the changes in the static poverty profiles (based on growth incidence … curves on a cross-section of data) with poverty dynamics (relying on panel data, growth incidence curves and transition …