. Today, close to one half of the world's people still depend on biomass energy to meet their cooking and heating needs. This …

. Strategies to improve energy access to the poor have focused mainly on electricity access. They have often neglected non … electricity household energy access. It is, however, estimated that about 2.8 billion people will still depend on fuel wood for … household level to provide alternative energy services to help improve livelihoods is becoming more and more accepted. This …

brink. Because Bangladesh is such a poor country, it also is one of the world's lowest energy producers. Total annual energy … supply is only about 150 liters of oil equivalent per capita (International Energy Agency, or IEA 2003); in rural areas …, conditions are even worse. Compared to other developing countries, Bangladesh uses little modern energy. Despite its successful …