The green economy and the Global South

Hochstetler, Kathryn ORCID: 0000-0003-2960-058X (2025) The green economy and the Global South. Regulation and Governance. ISSN 1748-5983 (In Press)

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Abstract

The idea of a “green economy” is one of the latest attempts to bridge the environment and development aims, with a focus on economic growth that makes it appealing to countries that still see a significant development gap to make up (Lederer, Wallbott, and Bauer 2018: 7). Yet the green economy – most often studied in the Global North and made the target of explicit policy initiatives there, often with substantial public and private resources – also presents additional challenges for the diverse states and populations of the Global South. In this commentary, I sketch a research agenda on three questions that reflect those challenges: 1) To what extent are the promises of the green economy credible in the national conditions of the Global South? 2) Will the green economy reduce poverty and reach the poorest populations of the Global South? and 3) How do the green economy activities of the Global North reverberate in the Global South?

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author
Divisions:	International Development
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Date Deposited:	18 Feb 2025 10:27
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2025 10:09
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127335

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