Cushion, Elizabeth

Bioenergy development: issues and impacts for poverty and natural resource management/ Elizabeth Cushion, Adrian Whiteman and Gerhard Dieterle - Washington: World Bank, 2010. - xviii, 249 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - (Agriculture and rural development series) .

Overview. Main types of bioenergy ; This report ; Total bioenergy supply and contribution to TPES ; Outlook for bioenergy consumption ; Forces affecting bioenergy development ; Concerns about bioenergy development ; Policies, targets, and instruments --
Solid biomass. Long-term trend and outlook for primary solid biomass ; Bioenergy production from solid biomass ; Traditional uses of solid biomass for energy ; Modern and industrial uses of solid biomass for energy ; Energy systems based on biomass pellets ; Notes --
Liquid biofuels. Bioethanol for fuel ; Biodiesel for fuel ; Economic viability of liquid biofuel production ; Social and environmental impacts --
Impacts and issues at the country and regional levels. Africa ; East Asia and Pacific ; Europe and Central Asia ; Latin America and the Caribbean ; Middle East and North Africa ; South Asia

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Biomass energy--Environmental aspects
Biomass energy
Natural resources--Management
Rural poor
Land use, Rural
Developing countries
Biomass energy--Economic aspects

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