Energy and Poverty: An Analysis of Urban Household's Access to Clean Cooking Fuels in Côte d'Ivoire

Parallel session 7. Energie, systèmes d’innovationTranslated title: Energy and Poverty: An Analysis of Urban Household's Access to Clean Cooking Fuels in Côte d'IvoirePresented at GLOBELICS 2009, 7th International Conference, 6-8 October, Dakar, Senegal.Although the access to clean sources of energy is not a sufficient condition for poverty alleviation, it constitutes absolutely a necessary condition. In this way, this article analyzes the determinants of urban household's access to LPG in Côte d'Ivoire using a multinomial logit model by accounting for poverty dimension. The study reveals that the variables like income, the relative price gas/charcoal, LPG availability, education, LPG stove ownership are the key elements of an energy transition policy. The compensation to the poor to help them switch to LPG is at least 60% of the "energy poverty line" which is 14472 fcfa