eprintid: 10073124 rev_number: 30 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/07/31/24 datestamp: 2022-12-15 20:10:00 lastmod: 2022-12-15 20:10:00 status_changed: 2022-12-15 20:10:00 type: report metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Scrieciu, Şerban title: Measuring Environmental Action and Economic Performance in Developing Countries ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: A01 divisions: B04 divisions: C04 divisions: F34 keywords: Environmental policy, stringency measures and indicators, competitiveness, economic growth, productivity, developed countries, developing countries note: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Significant advances have been made in measuring the stringency of environmental policies, and understanding the relationship between environmental action and economic dynamics, particularly in high-income countries. Despite this, unequivocal empirical evidence on the impact of environmental policies on economic performance remains elusive, with conclusions being highly dependent on the conceptual and methodological choices with respect to defining and measuring the stringency of environmental policies. Most importantly, the literature evaluating these issues in developing countries remains sparse and robust findings are even more difficult to extract. This study reviews the existing body of work in both developed, and, where available, developing countries. It provides a comprehensive assessment of how environmental policy stringency has been measured, outlining definitional and conceptual challenges. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of different indicators, and their usefulness for application in developing countries. In an effort to improve our understanding of the impact of environmental policy stringency in middleand low-income countries, the study draws lessons for the prioritization of future data collection and measurement efforts. Through the study, two types of stringency indicators emerge as requiring the most attention: de facto enforcement indicators and de jure explicit measures that capture the stringency of specific environmental laws, rules and regulations. While there is no “best” conceivable measure of the stringency of environmental policies, a multidimensional approach to quantifying stringency in developing countries, with a focus on explicit direct measures, is advocated. Data collection and indicator-improvement efforts need, though, to be updated periodically and supplemented by other proxies for environmental stringency. date: 2015-05 date_type: published publisher: UNEP / Green Growth Knowledge Platform official_url: http://www.greengrowthknowledge.org/resource/measuring-environmental-action-and-economic-performance-developing-countries oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green commissioning_body: UNEP / Green Growth Knowledge Platform verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1651831 confidential: false lyricists_name: Scrieciu, Silviu lyricists_id: SSSCR82 actors_name: Scrieciu, Silviu actors_id: SSSCR82 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public series: GGKP Research Committee on Trade and Competitiveness. Working Pape number: 01/2015 place_of_pub: Geneva, Switzerland pages: 48 book_title: GGKP Research Committee on Trade and Competitiveness citation: Scrieciu, Şerban; (2015) Measuring Environmental Action and Economic Performance in Developing Countries. (GGKP Research Committee on Trade and Competitiveness. Working Pape 01/2015 ). UNEP / Green Growth Knowledge Platform: Geneva, Switzerland. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10073124/1/Scrieciu_Measuring_Environmental_Action_and_Economic_Performance_in_Developing_Countries_GGKP.pdf