Defining And Measuring Green FDI: An Exploratory Review Of Existing Work And Evidence

Authors

Stephen S. Golub, Swarthmore CollegeFollow
C. Kauffmann
P. Yeres

Document Type

Paper

Publication Date

2-1-2011

Published In

OECD Working Papers On International Investment

Abstract

This paper was developed at the request of the OECD Working Party of the Investment Committee to document efforts to date to define and measure green FDI and to investigate the practicability of various possible definitions, as well as to identify investment policy restrictions to green FDI. It does so by reviewing the literature and existing work on the contributions of FDI to the environment; by providing a two-part definition of green FDI; and by discussing various assumptions necessary to estimate the magnitude of 'green' FDI.

Keywords

environmental goods and services, green FDI, FDI measurement, foreign investment, technology transfer, international investment, green growth

Comments

This work is freely available courtesy of OECD Publishing and was originally published the OECD iLibrary as DOI 10.1787/5kg58j1cvcvk-en.

Recommended Citation

Stephen S. Golub, C. Kauffmann, and P. Yeres. (2011). "Defining And Measuring Green FDI: An Exploratory Review Of Existing Work And Evidence". OECD Working Papers On International Investment. DOI: 10.1787/5kg58j1cvcvk-en
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