Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/222793 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
ADBI Working Paper Series No. 1026
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo
Abstract: 
This study investigates the impacts of energy insecurity on household welfare in Cambodia. The notion of energy insecurity is not well understood in the literature or in local contexts. This study defines household energy insecurity as the status quo derived from the interplay of inadequate and insufficient energy consumption that prevents households from meeting their basic energy needs. The notion of energy insecurity can only be understood well through an investigation in the local context, as it varies from place to place. Households facing insufficient energy consumption may forgo many other opportunities. Having defined energy security in the Cambodian context, the study employs the Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey Data (2015) to investigate the impacts of household energy insecurity. The study confirms that energy insecurity has an enormous negative impact on households' welfare, with a further negative impact on children's human capital formation. The findings lead to policy implications for improving household energy security and thus influencing economic, social, and environmental development.
Subjects: 
energy insecurity
schooling
welfare
JEL: 
Q48
C39
I39
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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