Universal access to modern energy services, in terms of access to electricity and to modern cooking facilities, has been recognized as a fundamental challenge for development. Despite strong praise for action and the deployment of large-scale electrification programs and improved cookstove (ICS)...

Universal access to modern energy services, in terms of access to electricity and to modern cooking facilities, has been recognized as fundamental challenge for development and is likely to be included in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. Despite a strong praise for action and several...

Introduction -- Analytical framework -- Household biomass energy choice for cooking in energy transition and its impacts on rural livelihoods -- Evaluating the impacts of biomass collection on agricultural production -- Impacts of the changes in exogenous markets on household biomass energy use...