A case for industrial policy towards green economy transition in developing economies
SOURCE: Africa Insight
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2015
TITLE AUTHOR(S): V.Mjimba
KEYWORDS: GREEN ECONOMY, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT: African Institute of South Africa (AISA)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9205
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/9700
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9700
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2015
TITLE AUTHOR(S): V.Mjimba
KEYWORDS: GREEN ECONOMY, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT: African Institute of South Africa (AISA)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9205
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/9700
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9700
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Abstract
The essence of green economy transition is resource efficiency for improved economic, environmental and human well-being. For primary commodity-endowed developing countries, this reflects a call for industrialisation to reduce economic dependence on primary commodities. The now desired 'green' industrialisation makes the industrialisation process a double structural transformation for developing economies. The technological and pecuniary barriers of such a transformation render market allocations unlikely to efficiently and speedily facilitate the process. Through an analysis of discourses in the industrialisation and green economy transition spaces, this paper argues a case for green industrial policy in developing countries. It finds merit for a temporal and scope limited green industrial policy regime as a plausible route to green industrialisation in developing countries. It concludes that industrial policy is most effective when the dominant policy regime limits or prevents rent-seeking practices and only supports interventions that confer systemic competitiveness and efficiency.-
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