Benefits of Action to Reduce Household Air Pollution (BAR-HAP) Tool

Overview

BAR-HAP is a strategic tool for medium-term planning (over a period of 15 years) that can be used to generate forecasts of a) financial resource needs at the national (or sub-national) level, and b) compare those resource needs with the value of the net economic benefits that the transitions entail. The tool is useful for enhancing traditional budgeting mechanisms in countries within the health, energy, and other sectors, informing development agencies concerning appropriate resourcing levels needed to tackle the health burden of HAP, and engaging with other government and civil society constituencies.