Significant gaps exist in our current understanding of the trade-offs between green growth policies and international competitiveness. Fears that implementing green growth measures will lower the competitiveness of domestic industries can deter governments from adopting meaningful policies. While there is a well-developed literature on the effect of environmental policy on developed country producers, a lack of reliable data and measurement techniques has hampered its application to developing countries. New research in this area is critical to help inform the debate and support policymakers in the transition to a green economy.
On 7 May 2015, the GGKP held a webinar on the topic of 'Trade and Green Growth: Measuring the impact of environmental policy on economic competitiveness' to stimulate thinking around these key knowledge gaps, including how to drive forward wider research efforts to address them. The webinar featured the presentation of the working paper " Measuring Environmental Action and Economic Performance in Developing Countries".
Speakers listed below are shown here from left to right.
Moderator: Ronald Steenblik, Senior Trade Policy Analyst in the Trade and Agriculture Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Presentation by: Serban Scrieciu, Lead author of new research produced through the GGKP's Trade and Competitiveness Research Committee
Discussant: Tomasz Kozluk, Senior Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
WEBINAR SLIDES
