Government Policy, Clean Fuel Access, and Persistent Fuel Stacking in Ecuador.

ABSTRACT: After more than three decades of access to low-cost liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) financed by large direct government subsidies, more than 90% of Ecuadorian households cook primarily with LPG. Due to the large fiscal burden of the LPG subsidy, increases in electricity from hydropower, and other sociopolitical factors, the Government of Ecuador launched a major induction stove program (PEC) to reduce the demand for LPG. We assess the effects of the LPG subsidies and PEC using government records, interviews, academic literature, newspaper reports, household surveys, and focus groups. Household surveys, conducted in rural, northern Ecuadorian households (n=383), characterized cooking patterns and fuel access. Focus groups (n=6) were carried out with a subset of surveyed households to better c

SUBMITTER: Gould CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6173323 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature