War, energy poverty, and capabilities: the case of Georgia in the South Caucasus between 2006 and 2009

IF 9.3 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-16 DOI:10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114649

Ute Dubois , Tutana Kvaratskhelia , Françoise Bartiaux , Philippe Bocquier

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Abstract

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 South 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 1991. 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 severe energy poverty is more prevalent in rural areas where the population mainly relies on firewood for heating and cooking. Furthermore, capabilities predict energy poverty dynamics better than socio-demographic variables.

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战争、能源贫困和能力：2006年至2009年南高加索地区格鲁吉亚的案例

一场战争对一个社会的日常生活，特别是对其获得能源的途径，从而对能源贫困及其在福祉方面的相关影响有什么影响？格鲁吉亚是南高加索地区的一个国家，它在2008年8月面临来自俄罗斯的战争，在1991年脱离苏联后，经历了俄罗斯挑起的不同时期的冲突。2008年战争前两年和战后一年，数千名格鲁吉亚人接受了一项多范围调查。在这种准实验设计中，这些面板数据可以“跟踪”2006年和2009年的受访者，以及他们对自己的经济和物质状况、能源获取问题、一般健康和心理健康的看法，以及他们接受或不接受的社会支持程度。对这些发展的小组分析结合了公共政策信息。结果表明，严重的能源贫困在农村地区更为普遍，那里的人口主要依靠柴火取暖和做饭。此外，能力比社会人口变量更能预测能源贫困动态。

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Energy Policy 管理科学-环境科学

CiteScore

17.30

自引率

5.60%

发文量

540

审稿时长

7.9 months

期刊介绍： Energy policy is the manner in which a given entity (often governmental) has decided to address issues of energy development including energy conversion, distribution and use as well as reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in order to contribute to climate change mitigation. The attributes of energy policy may include legislation, international treaties, incentives to investment, guidelines for energy conservation, taxation and other public policy techniques. Energy policy is closely related to climate change policy because totalled worldwide the energy sector emits more greenhouse gas than other sectors.