Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences - Department of Economics

In recent years, the concept of green economy has emerged as a fundamental tool for achieving sustainable development in both developed and developing countries. It offers an attractive framework to deliver societies that are more resource-efficient, lower emissions, less environmentally harmful and more socially inclusive. The current study uses a mixed method to investigate the role of the green economy (GE) in achieving the sustainable development (SD) in developing countries. Case study analysis is adapted to find out the impact of transition towards a green economy in achieving the national sustainable development strategies of three countries: China, Malaysia, and Egypt. Both Chinese and Malaysian cases are analyzed as best practices leading countries in moving towards a green economy for sustainable development. SWOT analysis for the Egyptian case is presented. Furthermore, the study examines empirically the relationship between the green economy and three different dependent variables which are GDP per capita, total Unemployment rate and poverty level, using cross sectional data for 60 developing countries in 2018. The four dimensions of the Global Green Economy Index (GGEI) are the key independent variables which measure the performance of countries in aspects of the global green economy. The empirical results showed the existence of a positive statistically significant relationship between the green economy and GDP per capita and the level of total unemployment, while there is a negative statistically significant relationship between the green economy and the poverty rate in the developing countries under study. Based on this result, it is recommended that both the public and private sectors continue to support and adopt the green economy in the future for sustainable development, job creation and poverty alleviation

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