Green field investment and environmental performance: A case of selected nine developing countries of Asia

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 1085-1092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rana Muhammad Adeel-Farooq ◽  
Nor Aznin Abu Bakar ◽  
Jimoh Olajide Raji
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Environmental Performance

scholarly journals Helpful Organizations: Membership in Inter-Governmental Organizations and Environmental Quality in Developing Countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Spilker
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Political System ◽  
General Idea ◽  
Intergovernmental Organizations ◽  
Governmental Organizations

Does membership in intergovernmental organizations help developing countries enhance their environmental performance? This article argues that IGO membership can improve the environmental performance of developing countries, by linking different issues, promoting the general idea of environmental sustainability and providing a channel through which these countries receive technologies and resources necessary to reduce pollution. This argument has been tested on panel data for 114 developing countries in 1970–2000. The results confirm that, controlling for a country's income and its political system, IGO membership is indeed associated with a reduction in both air pollution and greenhouse gases. To understand the mechanisms behind this result better, IGO membership is disaggregated according to both function and the degree of institutionalization of the respective organization.

Financial development and environmental performance: evidence from China

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
KARL YUXIANG ◽  
ZHONGCHANG CHEN
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Industrial Pollution ◽  
Econometric Analysis ◽  
Policy Makers

ABSTRACTThis paper extends the debate on the environmental performance of developing countries by focusing on a new factor. Theoretically, financial development has capitalization, technology, income, and regulation effects on the environment. Using the provincial panel data of China, the econometric analysis provides some evidence of a linkage between financial development and industrial pollution discharges. In recent years, the environmental performance of China has been significantly improved by financial development and some environmental protection schemes. This relationship offers new implications for policy makers in developing countries.

Trade Partnerships and Environmental Performance in Developing Countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Gamso
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Race To The Top ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Trade And The Environment ◽  
The Relationship

A large scholarship surrounds the relationship between trade and the environment, with much of it centering on whether trade produces a race to the bottom or a race to the top in the environments of developing countries. While the effects of trade on key pollutants and on specific environmental policies have been widely attended to, scholars have not yet considered if and how trade impacts developing nations’ environmental performance, broadly speaking. This is a critical matter, as the effects of trade on the environment can only be appreciated fully through holistic assessment of the environment and environmental protection. The study that follows helps to fill this void through analysis of an all-inclusive measure of environmental performance that encompasses indicators of policy and practice. Findings demonstrate that exporting to the United States and the European Union improves environmental performance in developing countries; however, no such effect accompanies trade with other countries.

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