ESMAP Resources

Contact Persons: Douglas Barnes, Sylvia Michele Diez

Resources on Gender and Extractive Industries

Environmental Matters in Pictures: Health and Energy Infrastructure, Douglas Barnes (ESMAP), Energy and Water Department, 2005

Village Power 2000 Proceedings, Gender in Energy Workshop, ESMAP, 2000

Contact Person: Boris Entrique Utria

The 2005 Africa Action Plan aims to accelerate progress in Africa to the rate required to reach the gender MDG goal through strengthened country systems in ten countries by FY08.

  Gender, Time Use, and Poverty in Sub Saharan Africa, World Bank, 2006

  Too Much Work and Too Little Time: The Gender Dimensions of Energy, Water, and Transport.

Ethiopia
Energy, Gender and Poverty Alleviation: The Ethiopian Women Fuelwood Carriers, March 2006

Ghana

Ghana: Women’s Energy Enterprise. Developing a Model for Mainstreaming Gender into Modern Energy Service Delivery. ESMAP Technical Paper 096, 2006.

Senegal

Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management Project (PROGEDE), 1997-2004 (PDF 80KB)

China

A Review of the Evidence and Case Studies in Rural China , 2003

Indonesia

Impacts of Rural Electrification on Poverty and Gender in Indonesia , 2003

Mongolia

Impact of Improved Stoves on Indoor Air Quality in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia , 2005

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 

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Central America

Supporting Gender and Sustainable Energy Initiatives in Central America , ESMAP, December 2004,   Volume I(ESMAP Technical Report 061/04) and   Volume II (ESMAP Technical Report 055/04)

Guatemala

Environmental Health and Traditional Fuel Use in Guatemala, Kulsum Ahmed, Yewande Awe, etal, ESMAP Formal Report 284, 2005

Evaluation of Improved Stove Programs in Guatemala: Final Report of Project Case Studies, ESMAP Technical Paper 060, 2004

Household Fuel Use and Fuel Switching in Guatemala,ESMAP Technical Paper 036, 2003

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Republic of Yemen

Household Energy Supply and Use in Yemen, Volume I and Volume II, ESMAP Paper ESM315, 2005

Household Energy Strategy Study. Phase I: A Preliminary Study of Northern Governorates, ESMAP Paper 126, 1991

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Bangladesh
Char Montaz, an isolated rural island in southern Bangladesh, is the setting  for a model project to deliver low-cost renewable energy services. The project has popularized the use of renewable energy, accelerated this isolated community’s access to modern lighting, and empowered women through entrepreneurial opportunities. 

NEW Gender Practical Example Interview on Bangladesh Coastal Women's Rural Electrification Project 

Further Readings on the Char Montaz Project:

• Integrating Gender in Energy Provision Case Study of Bangladesh, ESMAP Technical Paper 054, 2004 (PDF 560KB)
• Opportunities for Women in Renewable Energy: Technology Use in Bangladesh (Phase I), ESMAP Technical Report 055, 2004
• Promising Approaches to Engendering Development. Electricity, Productivity and Empowerment in Char Montaz, World Bank 2002
• Development Outreach- Voices from the Field, Opportunities for Women in Energy Technology in Bangladesh, World Bank, 2001

Nepal

The project is also described in Case Eight (p.28) of the Renewable Energy for Development: The Role of the World Bank Group.

India

Clean Household Energy for India: Reducing the Risks to Health, World Bank, 2004

The Impact of Energy in Women’s Lives in Rural India, ESMAP Formal Report 276, 2003

Domestic Energy and Women's Lives: The Case of India, ESMAP, 2004

Indoor Air Pollution Associated with Household Fuel Use in India: An Exposure Assessment Modeling Exercise in Rural Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India, World Bank, 2004

Access of the Poor to Clean Household Fuels, ESMAP Paper 263, 2003

Household Energy, Indoor Air Pollution and Health, ESMAP Paper 261, 2002

Indoor Air Pollution newsletters, ESMAP, 2000-2002