Measurement and Convergence Analysis of Inclusive Green Growth in the Yangtze River Economic Belt Cities

Abstract

The inclusive green growth (IGG) model is an important tool to promote the construction of an urban ecological civilization and promote sustainable and green development, but China's related research is still in its infancy. Targeting the problem of cross-regional research on technology set differences, this study proposes a method of combining the super-efficiency slack-based measure model and the Metafrontier Malmquist-Luenberger index to measure the IGG of 108 cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB), and analyzes their convergence. Earlier research showed that, under the metafrontier, the upstream cities in the YREB have the highest level of technological efficiency, followed by the downstream and the midstream cities, while the midstream cities of the group frontier have the highest technological efficiency. The main source of China's IGG is technological progress. The YREB has obvious σ-convergence characteristics overall and in the downstream cities, and absolute β-convergence characteristics both overall and in three basins. This research has significance as a reference for the gradual improvement of the IGG of cities in the YREB, and ultimately their overall coordinated development.

Research on the Efficiency of China’s Fiscal Expenditure Structure under the Goal of Inclusive Green Growth

“…(1) Different from the previous research results of Inclusive Green Growth from the perspective of counties (Li et al, 2021) [34] and counties (Chen et al, 2020) [33] or a few indicators (Sun et al, 2020) [41], this paper constructs an evaluation index system covering multiple dimensions from the perspective of regions, and it expands the application of Inclusive Green Growth at the provincial level. In particular, for China's fiscal policy system, the measurement results of Inclusive Green Growth at the provincial level can well match the regional fiscal expenditure.…”

“…Cooper et al (2020) [32] pointed out that indigenous knowledge production capacity is the key to supporting African countries' inclusive and sustainable economic and social development, and they believed that research investment in Inclusive Green Growth related to the capacity building of African knowledge production systems should be increased. Chen et al (2020) [33] applied the Inclusive Green Growth measurement index to China's Yangtze River Delta and evaluated the Inclusive Green Growth trend of various provinces in the region. Li et al (2021) [34] evaluated the Inclusive Green Growth index of Pacific Rim countries and compared the specific current situation of Inclusive Green Growth internationally; Ahmad (2021) [35] affirmed that China's experience is also applicable to many emerging markets, such as value-added tax, income tax, and other modern tax management measures, which have a significant impact on policy recommendations and development cooperation, help to achieve the goal of global climate change, and ensure the creation of sustainable employment in a transparent and accountable manner.…”

The Dynamic Coupling Nexus Among Inclusive Green Growth: A Case Study in Western Yangtze River Delta of China

“…(Yang, 2014;Zhou et al, 2018;S. Zhu & Ye, 2018;Wu & Zhou 2019;Chen et al, 2020;Sun et al, 2020). The third perspective of extant studies concerns the factors that affect regional IGG.…”

“…The term "inclusive green growth (IGG)" was first put forward at the Rio +20 summit in 2012 (G. Chen, Yang, & Chen, 2020).…”

“…Therefore, the coordinated development of the three subsystems, namely inclusive, green, and growth, is a significant prerequisite for achieving the goals of IGG. This idea not only guides countries to explore a new path of sustainable development, especially developing countries that need to solve the problem of imbalanced development, but also attracts wide attention from academia and local governments (G. Chen et al, 2020;Cooper et al, 2020;Sun et al, 2020). It is urgent and necessary to improve the coordinated development of the IGG subsystems.…”