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Françoise Bartiaux (DEMO, UCLouvain) and Philippe Bocquier (DEMO, UCLouvain)
with Ute Dubois (ISG International Business School)
and Tutana Kvaratskhelia (Think Tank World Experience for Georgia)

War, energy poverty, and capabilities: the case of Georgia

What are the consequences of a war on the daily life of a society, in particular on its access to energy and thus on energy poverty and its correlates in terms of well-being? Georgia, a country in the Caucasus, offers its experience as it faced a war from Russia in August 2008 and earlier, different episodes of Russian-provoked conflicts after its secession from the Soviet Union in the 1990s. Two years before and one year after the 2008 war, several thousand Georgians were interviewed in a multi-scope survey. In this quasi-experimental design, these panel data make it possible to 'follow' respondents in 2006 and 2009 and their perceptions of their economic and material situation, their energy access problems, as well as their general and mental health, and the extent of social support they receive or do not receive. A panel analysis on these developments is contextualised with information on public policies. The results indicate that capabilities predict energy poverty dynamics better than socio-demographic variables. The evolution of capabilities in Georgia are differentiated between the capital region, other cities, and rural areas where the population mainly relies on firewood for heating and cooking.

Language: English

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