Environmental Management Efficiency of GCC Countries: Linking Between Composite Index of Environmental Performance, Socio-Political and Economic Dimensions

Abstract

This paper summarizes the arguments and counterarguments within the scientific discussion on the issue of environmental performance. The investigation of the topic of the Composite Index of Environmental performance (CIEP) in the paper is carried out in the following logical sequence. The research is focused on the relationship between the composite index of environmental performances and the sociopolitical and economic elements of countries. Systematization literary sources and approaches for solving the problem of the influence of the integration of a composite Index of Environmental performance on the socio-political and economic dimensions. The paper presents the results of the empirical analysis with an econometric model which uses a composite index of environmental performance. The relevance of the decision of this scientific problem is that advanced and the methodological tools of the research methods try to measure the influence of Composite Index of Environmental performance model as a dependent variable on economic (technology, transportation, infrastructure, consumption of goods, international trade and tourism) and sociopolitical factors (democracy, freedom, transparency, and social policy) of countries. We used a generalized least squares estimation with a panel data from 6 countries observed during the period 2002-2016. Our results reveal that democracy, social policy, and transparency have a positive effect on environmental performance. Of the same, transport, infrastructure and tourism have a negative effect. The results of the research can be useful for countries, researchers and practitioners that try to improve the environmental performance with a good level of the social politico and economic dimensions. Finally, our results show that good environmental performance is related to the different characteristics of countries such as social, political and economics. And these results can be useful for countries to incorporate this valuable composite index in their objectives.

Environmental Performance and Economic Growth in Middle East and North Africa Countries

“…Studies on environmental performance/quality and economic growth show inconclusive results. Many studies support a positive association between environmental performance and economic growth 8–13. On the contrary, a negative association between environmental quality and growth or openness has been also supported by several studies 9,12,14,15.…”

“…Contrary to previous studies exploring the linkage between environmental performance and economic growth using a linear model,8–10 the current study used a non-linear model based on the PSTR model proposed by Hua et al 13. This model assumes that the relationship between EPI and economic growth may be non-linear, exhibiting a threshold effect in the EPI-growth relationship.…”

“…This study contributes to the existing literature in several ways. First, contrary to previous studies exploring the linear association between environmental performance and economic growth, the current study is a non-linear analysis that defines the optimal threshold of EPI that can affect economic growth in Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries 8–10,22. Second, the whole sample of the MENA region is divided into two sub-samples: Middle Eastern (MEAS) countries and North African (NAF) countries.…”

The relationship between social and financial performance with the objectives of the kingdom vision (2030)

“…The results of this study showed that national culture, economic development, and population growth would significantly influence environmental performance directly. The contribution of Dkhili and Dhiab (2019) concluded that the control variables (size, risk, and sector) do not moderate the relationship between social responsibility and financial performance. For Morosini et al (1998), the study of environmental performance is materialized by cultural values.…”

Sustainable Development of Agricultural Sector: Democratic Profile Impact Among Developing Countries

“…relationships between the political regime and the sustainable development of the agricultural sector in the economy. Thus, many scientists study the impact of the democracy level on the macroeconomic stability of the country Yevdokimov et al, 2018;Dkhili, 2018;Dkhili & Dhiab, 2019), economic development (Baklouti & Boujelbene, 2018;Kim & Heshmati, 2019;Acemoglu et al, 2019), analysing the development of economic sectors in the aggregate. Another group of scientists, on the contrary, is engaged in analysing the drivers regarding the sustainable development of particular sectors of the economy, including the agricultural sector (Prasad et al, 2017;Li et al, 2018;Altieri, 2018;Vasylieva et al, 2019;.…”