Measuring green industrial performance: a regional outlook of Eastern Asia and Europe

Jaime Moll de Alba () and Valentin Todorov ()
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Jaime Moll de Alba: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Valentin Todorov: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Economic Change and Restructuring, 2023, vol. 56, issue 5, No 17, 3307 pages

Abstract: Abstract Is it possible to measure the green performance of the manufacturing sector? Which world regions are doing better in terms of green industrialization? This paper develops a novel methodology to respond to these questions by improving the green industrial performance (GIP) index through the refinement and expansion of the green product list that lies at its core. The paper constructs a new database using international comparable data sources such as the UNIDO's industrial statistics database and the UN COMTRADE, to compute the GIP index and rank 116 economies in terms of their ability to produce and export green industrial products. The paper shows that industrialized economies outperformed other economies with Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Czechia and Austria topping the GIP ranking of industrial green performance in 2019. Then it estimates and compares the relative green industrial performance of eight country groupings to conclude that Northern America, Europe and Eastern Asia perform significantly better than the other country groupings. Our analysis of Europe and Eastern Asia serves to display significant differences in green industrial performance of economies even within these two leading country groupings. Finally, the paper puts forward recommendations for future research and measurement of the green performance of the manufacturing sector of the world’s economies and regions.

Keywords: Economic development; Environment and development; Green economy; Industrialization; Comparative studies of countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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