Can improved biomass cookstoves contribute to REDD+ in low-income countries ? evidence from a controlled cooking test trial with randomized behavioral treatments
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Urban Environment; Energy Production and Transportation; Renewable Energy; Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases; Environmental Economics&Policies;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2015-08-30 (Agricultural Economics)
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