Bioenergy development : issues and impacts for poverty and natural resource management /
Elizabeth Cushion, Adrian Whiteman, and Gerhard Dieterle.
- Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2010.
- xviii, 249 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
- Agriculture and rural development .
- Agriculture and rural development series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 biomamss 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 ; Notes.