Environmental Performance in Countries Worldwide: Determinant Factors and Multivariate Analysis

Abstract

Abstract:The aim of this study is to analyze the environmental performance of countries and the variables that can influence it. At the same time, we performed a multivariate analysis using the HJ-biplot, an exploratory method that looks for hidden patterns in the data, obtained from the usual singular value decomposition (SVD) of the data matrix, to contextualize the countries grouped by geographical areas and the variables relating to environmental indicators included in the environmental performance index. The sample used comprises 149 countries of different geographic areas. The findings obtained from the empirical analysis emphasize that socioeconomic factors, such as economic wealth and education, as well as institutional factors represented by the style of public administration, in particular control of corruption, are determinant factors of environmental performance in the countries analyzed. In contrast, no effect on environmental performance was found for factors relating to the internal characteristics of a country or political factors.

Relationships of the Environmental Performance Index to Six Interrelated Variables in Nations Around the World

“…2E) shows a weaker R 2 of 0.47, the relationship being linear as EPI rises from the low 30s to the low 70s. Gallegos-Alvarez et al (2014), as part of a detailed, multivariate bi-plot analysis of the components of an earlier index, also reported a strong correlation between it and gross domestic product per capita, adult literacy, and (negatively) corruption. 2F) has the lowest R 2 , at 0.40.…”

Impact of Climatic and Non-climatic Factors on Sustainable Livelihood Security in Gujarat State of India: A Statistical Exploration

“…Many indices have been developed by the scientific research community to measure the situation of human livelihood in term of SLSI [4,11] livelihood security index (LSI), household's livelihood security index, livelihood vulnerability index (LVI). Besides, scientific research community has also developed several indexes to assess the sustainable livelihood and environmental security of a region such as living planet index (LPI), ecological footprint (EF), city development index (CDI), human development index (HDI), environmental performance index (EPI), environmental vulnerability index (EVI), environmental sustainability index (ESI), index of sustainable economic welfare (ISEW), genuine progress index (GPI), well-being index (WI), genuine savings index (GSI), and environmental adjusted domestic product (EDP) [17,20,[28][29][30][31][32][33]. These indexes integrate various components like socio-economic, demographics, livelihoods, social networks, health, food and water security and natural disaster to estimate SLSI [7].…”

Open Economy, Institutional Quality, and Environmental Performance: A Macroeconomic Approach

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