Barriers to Energy Access in the Urban Poor Areas of Dhaka, Bangladesh: Analysis of Present Situation and Recommendation

Molla Shahadat Hossain Lipu, Taskin Jamal and Muhammad Ahad Rahman Miah
Additional contact information
Molla Shahadat Hossain Lipu: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Taskin Jamal: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Muhammad Ahad Rahman Miah: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Dhaka, Bangladesh

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2013, vol. 3, issue 4, 395 - 411

Abstract: Energy is a crucial input to promote socioeconomic development. In Bangladesh, about 96 million people (59%) do not have access to electricity and 143 million people (88%) still depend on biomass for cooking. The urban poor living in slum areas with lack of access to clean and modern sources of energy have not been addressed comprehensively. The main objective of this study is to identify the barriers faced by the urban poor in the slum areas of Dhaka in accessing different fuels and provide specific recommendations to overcome the barriers to enable energy access. The study is mainly based on field survey covering 185 households of the four major slum areas of Dhaka, literature review, and stakeholder interviews. Many barriers have been identified through this research where urban poor face problems in accessing legal energy services due to illegal settlement, lack of explicit policy on energy and housing, lack of dedicated institution, the pervasive role of Mastaans, poor infrastructure and lack of monitoring and evaluating system. Barriers specific recommendations are also suggested based on the experiences from the field visit and the best practices outside Bangladesh are also identified.

Keywords: Urban poor; Energy access; Energy policy; Slums; Dhaka (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C83 G28 R28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations View citations in EconPapers (1) Track citations by RSS feed

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/download/536/330 (application/pdf)
http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/536/330 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eco:journ2:2013-04-24

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy is currently edited by Ilhan Ozturk

More articles in International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy from Econjournals
Series data maintained by Ilhan Ozturk ().