eprintid: 10073124
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type: report
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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
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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