How Fast Are the Asian Countries Progressing Toward Green Economy? Implications for Public Health

Bibliographic Data

ID22072030
AuthorsMing Shao (0000-0002-7686-8784), Shao Ming (0000-0002-7127-6851, Shanghai University of Engineering Science), Hui Jin (0000-0002-6325-031X, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, corresponding author), Fu-Sheng Tsai (0000-0001-5736-9587, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, corresponding author), Mihajlo Jakovljević (0000-0002-9160-6846, University of Kragujevac)
Year2022
Volume9
Pages753338-753338
Publication date2022-02-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2021.753338
PMID35198528
OpenAlexW4210770109
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited30

Monitoring progress toward green economy has been a key policy focus globally. The purpose of our study is to assess Asian countries' green development performance and also the progress toward green economy overtime. To achieve this goal, we propose a green development index (GDI) to assess the level and ranking of green development for Asian countries, and then we measure the progress toward green economy by the method based on the compound annual growth rate (CAGR). The result shows that the northeast Asian countries together with Singapore and Israel are leaders in green development performance across Asia, but the most progress toward green economy has been achieved by some medium green development level countries, like China. Countries with the fastest movement away from green economy are some laggard countries with poor green development performance, such as Syria and Yemen. More generally, the leading countries have reached a high green development level, and the medium ones move fast toward green economy, whereas some laggards get worse. We also discuss the implications for public health in environmental protection, green consumption, and green production

Business · China · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Green development · Green Economy · Green growth · Overtime · Political science · Sustainable development · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy

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