Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Findings from and recommendations for Bangladesh, India and Nigeria

This report examines the gendered impacts of kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) subsidies and their subsequent reform in Bangladesh, India, and Nigeria, focusing on the welfare, productivity, and empowerment of women and girls in low-income households.

• The research investigates how kerosene and LPG subsidy policies and specific national reform proposals affect the empowerment, productivity, and welfare of women and girls in low-income households, analyzing these impacts through the lenses of energy supply, energy use, and income effects.
• The study's methodology involved a review of 28 reform episodes, the use of secondary data, focus group discussions, and household surveys covering more than 2,400 households across the three target countries.

APA

,, L. M. B. S. M. K. Z. T. C. S. S. I.-O. ,. A. (2019). Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Findings from and recommendations for Bangladesh, India and Nigeria. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/gender-and-fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform-bangladesh-india-and-nigeria

Chicago

,, Laura Merrill,Christopher Beaton,Shruti Sharma,Laura Merrill,Lucy Kitson,Anna Zinecker,Tahreen Tahrima Chowdhury,Chandrashekhar Singh,Ashutosh Sharma,Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri ,Temitope Adeyinka. Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Findings from and recommendations for Bangladesh, India and Nigeria. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2019. https://www.iisd.org/publications/gender-and-fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform-bangladesh-india-and-nigeria.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{2019gender, author = {,, Laura Merrill,Christopher Beaton,Shruti Sharma,Laura Merrill,Lucy Kitson,Anna Zinecker,Tahreen Tahrima Chowdhury,Chandrashekhar Singh,Ashutosh Sharma,Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri ,Temitope Adeyinka}, title = {{Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Findings from and recommendations for Bangladesh, India and Nigeria}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2019}, month = jan, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/gender-and-fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform-bangladesh-india-and-nigeria}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }