Gunther Bensch

Datos Biográficos

ID6352660
NOMBREGunther Bensch
NOMBRESGunther
APELLIDOBensch
FIRMABENSCH G
AFILIACIONESRWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
ORCID0000-0001-7964-7533
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAS4
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H1

  • Behavioural constraints in energy technology uptake

    Open AccessGunther Bensch, Michael GrimmARTICLEEnvironment and Development…2026

    Energy-efficient biomass cookstoves and small solar systems play an important role in the transition to clean energy. Despite their affordability and scalability, uptake remains low among households in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper examines whether household-level behavioural factors help explain this under-adoption. Drawing on data from real-purchase offers in rural Rwanda and Senegal, we analyse how willingness to pay for the technologies vari…

  • Tax carbon cautiously for sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessJörg Ankel-Peters, Gunther Bensch et al.ARTICLENature Climate Change2025

  • What could explain low uptake of rural electricity programs in Africa? Empirical evidence from rural Tanzania

    Open AccessRemidius Ruhinduka, Gunther Bensch et al.ARTICLEEnvironment and Development…2025

    Increasing electricity access remains a challenge, particularly in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. This study examines the case of Tanzania, where connection rates remain low even among rural households residing ‘under the grid’, and this despite substantial government subsidies for household connections. Using data from 1,774 rural households living within reach of the electricity grid, we investigate correlates of the low grid electricity up…

  • A Commentary on “Gender Bias in Parental Attitude

    Open AccessOlle Hammar, Carl Bonander et al.ARTICLEDemography2025Citada por: 1

    Begum et al. (2018) examined gender bias in parental attitudes using an experimental approach in rural Bangladesh. Households were reported as randomly assigned to treatment conditions in a lab-in-the-field allocation task. We show that the group assignment was inherited from Islam (2019), a previous, nonrandomized experiment conducted in the same region. The lack of randomization contradicts the design descriptions provided by the authors in Beg…

  • Are rural energy access programs pro-poor? Some are, many are not

    Open AccessJörg Peters, Jörg Ankel-Peters et al.ARTICLEEnergy Research & Social Science2024Referencias: 10

    This perspective article discusses whether energy access programs in rural Sub-Saharan Africa reach the poor in a way that most policy actors claim. We examine on- and off-grid electrification as well as improved cooking. We focus on whether the poor adopt the respective technology in typical access programs and on the triggered productive use potentials to examine both direct and indirect potential pro-poor effects. Backed by the most recent lit…

  • Weather information and agricultural outcomes

    Open AccessRosaine N Yegbemey, Gunther Bensch et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2023Citada por: 1Referencias: 3

  • The forgotten coal

    Open AccessJulian Rose, Gunther Bensch et al.ARTICLEWorld Development Perspectives2022Citada por: 2Referencias: 5

    Charcoal is an important cooking fuel in urban Africa. In this paper, we estimate the current number of charcoal users and project trends for the coming decades. Charcoal production is often not effectively regulated, and it hence contributes to forest degradation. Moreover, charcoal has adverse health effects for its users. At the same time, charcoal constitutes an important income source in deprived rural areas, while the current alternative, g…

  • Efficient biomass cooking in Africa for climate change mitigation and development

    Open AccessGunther Bensch, Maryse Jeuland et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2021