Relational capability as a measure of development

Hélène Lhuillier, Gaël Giraud and Cécile Renouard
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Hélène Lhuillier: CLERSE - Université de Lille
Cécile Renouard: ESSEC Business School, IRENE CODEV

Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne from Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne

Abstract: This paper documents the paradoxical short-term effects of training and job programmes implemented by oil companies in the region of Onelga, Rivers State (Nigeria). We use two multidimensional indexes as dependent variables: the UNDP's Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and a ‘Relational Deprivation Index’ (RDI) that measures the quality of social fabric. We find that while the programmes significantly reduce conventional poverty, their impact on RDI is twofold: the beneficiaries' integration into networks improves at the expense of deteriorated private relations. These different effects promote measuring poverty and development as multidimensional phenomena and taking into consideration social aspects of development

Keywords: error correction model; energy efficiency; energy; output elasticity; dependency ratio (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N70 O40 Q43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2014-12
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Working Paper: Relational Capability as a Measure of Development (2014)
Working Paper: Relational Capability as a Measure of Development (2014)
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