The process of deforestation in weak democracies and the role of Intelligence

Obydenkova, Anastassia; Nazarov, Zafar; Salahodjaev, Raufhon

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2016.03.039

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“…On the other hand, female representation in parliament may be higher in countries with greater civil rights and political liberties (i.e., in democratic countries). Moreover, related studies suggest that democratization has a U‐shaped association with sustainable development (e.g., Buitenzorgy & Mol, ; Obydenkova et al, ).…”

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Female parliamentarism and genuine savings: A cross‐country test

Salahodjaev

Jarilkapova

2019

Sustainable Development

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The aim of this study to contribute to the ongoing research on the effect of female political participation on socioeconomic outcomes. In this study, we explore the link between the proportion of women in parliament and sustainable development, measured by genuine savings indicator. Our study finds that a 10 percentage point increase in the share of women in parliament is associated with an almost 1.25 percentage point increase in the genuine savings rate. In addition, using instrumental variable regression to overcome the problem of endogeneity, we find that women in parliament have causal effect on genuine savings.

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“…For this reason, we control for GDP per capita and its squared and cubic term in our empirical analysis. In addition, following Obydenkova, Nazarov, and Salahodjaev (2016), we include GDP growth rates as a proxy for the overall macroeconomic environment. The data are obtained from the World Bank.…”

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Female parliamentarism and genuine savings: A cross‐country test

Salahodjaev

Jarilkapova

2019

Sustainable Development

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“…A third problem concerns country-level differences in national resources, which include fossil fuels, minerals, and timber. Such resources contribute to GDP but are also associated with the "resource curse," in which reliance on natural resources reduces investment in human capital and limits economic growth (e.g., Obydenkova, Nazarov, & Salahodjaev, 2016).…”

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Cognitive Capitalism

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Cognitive ability stimulates economic productivity. However, the effects of cognitive ability may be stronger in free and open economies, where competition rewards merit and achievement. To test this hypothesis, ability levels of intellectual classes (top 5%) and average classes (country averages) were estimated using international student assessments (Programme for International Student Assessment; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study; and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) (N = 99 countries). The ability levels were correlated with indicators of economic freedom (Fraser Institute), scientific achievement (patent rates), innovation (Global Innovation Index), competitiveness (Global Competitiveness Index), and wealth (gross domestic product). Ability levels of intellectual and average classes strongly predicted all economic criteria. In addition, economic freedom moderated the effects of cognitive ability (for both classes), with stronger effects at higher levels of freedom. Effects were particularly robust for scientific achievements when the full range of freedom was analyzed. The results support cognitive capitalism theory: cognitive ability stimulates economic productivity, and its effects are enhanced by economic freedom.

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“…partially free (3-5), and not free (6-7). While some argue democracy should reduce forest loss because it will be accountable to the interests of its citizens (Marquart-Pyatt 2004;Li and Reuveny 2006;Ross 2001;Obydenkova, Nazarov, and Salahodjaev 2016); others argue that democracies may be more partial to companies than environmentalists, and focus more on economic concerns of its citizenry than environmental ones (Midlarsky 1998;Kashwan 2017). From these conflicting arguments, I expect democracy to have no impact on forest loss.…”

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Domestic autonomy and environmental international non-governmental organizations: a cross-national analysis of forest loss

Sommer

2021

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Nations across the world are concerned with environmental issues like forest loss. The majority of nations acknowledge the importance of reducing forest loss, and make commitments to do so. However, researchers often find that despite these commitments, and the work of non-governmental organizations, in many nations forest loss is not declining. This research argues that institutional capacity, specifically a nations domestic autonomy may help explain the ineffectiveness of environmental non-governmental organizations (EINGOs) at reducing forest loss. Specifically, I argue that nations with stronger domestic autonomy, measured as the extent to which a nation is free of the direct control of external political actors, improves the effectiveness of EINGOs at reaching their goals of reducing forest loss due to an autonomous state's relative strength and ability to integrate their version of environmentalism or reinterpret existing norms of environmentalism into EINGO ideologies and activities.

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The process of deforestation in weak democracies and the role of Intelligence

Cited by 41 publications

References 65 publications

Female parliamentarism and genuine savings: A cross‐country test

Female parliamentarism and genuine savings: A cross‐country test

Cognitive Capitalism

Domestic autonomy and environmental international non-governmental organizations: a cross-national analysis of forest loss

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