Is clean cooking affordable? A review

2.9 billion people lack access to clean cooking fuels and technologies. This review analyzes the literature on affordability as a barrier adoption consistent use of stoves fuels. We find diverse frameworks, definitions metrics in use, frequent discussions stove price, fuel costs, microfinance, smaller procurement quantities. recommend that financing strategies mitigate unaffordability be based how low-income households actually earn, spend, save their money, frameworks expanded account for gender divides, rural/urban stacking behavior. Our thus aims reflect nuances household's ability pay Affordability must make sense within lived experiences poor if is achieve universal access. • Many exist affordability. should irregular uncertain earnings poor. include differences. Microsavings programs quantities may unaffordability. Universally applicable thresholds not possible.