Evaluation of The Obstacles to Green Growth in The Context of Existing Literature and OECD Indicators

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 95 - 119, 20.04.2025

Reyhan Özeş Özgür

https://doi.org/10.59293/anadoluiid.1648790

Abstract

The aim of this study is to provide a theoretical framework regarding the obstacles to green growth. The determination of the obstacles to green growth is carried out within the scope of the literature review and the OECD's green growth indicators. In the study, firstly, the obstacles to green growth are presented with the support of empirical and theoretical study findings in the existing literature. The study is then detailed with a literature summary consisting of theoretical academic research results on the subject. Finally, since it is thought that statistics on green growth indicators of countries can provide important signals about the obstacles that may arise on the road to green growth, these indicators and statistics are evaluated. The research results generally reveal that technological inadequacy and lack of infrastructure and inadequacy of the decoupling effect are the most important obstacles to green growth.

Keywords

Green growth , Decoupling effect , Green growth indicators

Yeşil Büyümenin Önündeki Engellerin Mevcut Literatür ve OECD Göstergeleri Bağlamında Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı yeşil büyümenin önündeki engeller ile ilgili teorik bir çerçeve sunmaktır. Yeşil büyümenin önündeki engellerin tespiti konuyla ilgili literatürün incelenmesi ve OECD’nin yeşil büyüme göstergeleri kapsamında yapılmaktadır. Araştırmada öncelikle yeşil büyümenin önündeki engeller mevcut literatürde yer alan ampirik ve teorik çalışma bulguları ile desteklenerek ortaya konulmaktadır. Çalışmanın devamında, odak noktası yeşil büyümenin önündeki engellerin tespiti olan teorik ve tanımlayıcı akademik araştırma sonuçlarından oluşan bir literatür özeti ile konu detaylandırılmaktadır. Nihai olarak, ülkelerin yeşil büyüme göstergeleri karşısındaki durumunun, yeşil büyüme yolunda ortaya çıkabilecek engeller ile ilgili önemli işaretler sunabileceğine inanıldığından yeşil büyüme göstergeleri irdelenmektedir. Araştırma sonuçları, genel olarak teknolojik yetersizlik ve alt yapı eksikliği ile ayrıştırma etkisinin yetersizliğinin yeşil büyümenin önündeki en önemli engeller olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

Yeşil büyüme , Ayrıştırma etkisi , Yeşil büyüme göstergeleri

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