The Impact of Oil Exploitation on Wellbeing in Chad

Djal-Gadom, Gadom; Kountchou, Armand Mboutchouang; Djossou, Gbètoton Nadège Adèle; Kane, Gilles Quentin; Araar, Abdelkrim

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“…Furthermore, according to Mabali and Moundigbaye (2017), the rural recipients of the 5% government petroleum revenue have seen a real increase in poverty. Reflecting this, another study found that public investment was centered in urban areas, exacerbating existing inequalities (Gadom et al 2017).…”

Section: Mitigated Impacts (Or Demerits) Of the Chadian Rentier Statementioning

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Toward a Petro-Developmental State? Merits and demerits of the Chadian rentier state.

Seign-goura¹

2023

CCS Journal

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The discovery of oil in Chad in the 1960s and its subsequent exploitation triggered the idea by international institutions that oil extraction would lead to sustainable development. Furthermore, Chad in tackling the resource curse would use rents to solve social, economic and security challenges on its territory. I argue that the state is the main actor in the resource curse, and its power derives rents from natural resources extraction. The curse emerges under local or international institutional pressures even if political outcomes are contextual and based on local norms. Drawing on theories of rentier state and developmental state, this paper seeks to critically explore local and international pressures that pull the state towards rentier behaviors resulting in poor local development outcomes.

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Section: Mitigated Impacts (Or Demerits) Of the Chadian Rentier Statementioning

confidence: 98%

Toward a Petro-Developmental State? Merits and demerits of the Chadian rentier state.

Seign-goura¹

2023

CCS Journal

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“…Seven out of 157 cantons rely on the oil extraction industry, four of which are located in the Amazon region and three in the Coast region. While on the one hand, it can positively affect well-being through the public revenue it generates, as reported by Gadom (2017), on the other hand, it can also have a negative effect through inequality and environmental degradation (Chiasson-LeBel 2016). Oil exploitation in non-industrialized countries, such as Ecuador, is expected to have a negative effect on subjective well-being because it has an enclave nature and is not considered a high-quality job source.…”

Section: Contextual Dimensionsmentioning

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The Determinants of Subjective Well-Being in a Developing Country: The Ecuadorian Case

Pontarollo

Segovia

2019

J Happiness Stud

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In this study, we identify some individual and contextual factors potentially affecting subjective well-being in developing countries and check their effect in the Ecuadorian case. Ecuador is an oil country where attempts have been made to overcome deep social and territorial inequalities by placing human well-being at the core of public policy through the National Plan for Good Living. By means of ordinary least squares and ordered logit with clustered standard errors, as well as multilevel ordered logit models, we find that oil-dependent territories negatively affect well-being. Moreover, women and indigenous people report lower well-being, while personal income, education, housing quality, institutional trust, health insurance and social relationships can improve it. From a policy perspective, we find that basic unmet needs still need to be fulfilled to increase well-being, and further improvements of the institutional framework, redistributive system and inclusion policies are required. In this respect, we observe that Good Living-based policy accurately addresses these elements and, therefore, has great potential for application in other countries with similar characteristics.

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The Impact of Oil Exploitation on Wellbeing in Chad

Cited by 2 publications

References 35 publications

Toward a Petro-Developmental State? Merits and demerits of the Chadian rentier state.

Toward a Petro-Developmental State? Merits and demerits of the Chadian rentier state.

The Determinants of Subjective Well-Being in a Developing Country: The Ecuadorian Case

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