Restoring Balance

No AccessWorld Bank Working Papers12 Aug 2013Restoring BalanceBangladesh's Rural Energy RealitiesAuthors/Editors: Mohammad Asaduzzaman, Douglas F. Barnes, and Shahidur KhandkerMohammad Asaduzzaman, Douglas F. Barnes, and Shahidur Khandkerhttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-7897-7SectionsAboutPDF (6.2 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:Rural 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…