Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Development in the New EU Member States : Environmental Aspects

• Autorzy: Janina Witkowska

Warianty tytułu

Bezpośrednie inwestycje zagraniczne a zrównoważony rozwój w nowych krajach członkowskich Unii Europejskiej : aspekty ochrony środowiska

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of this paper is to examine the potential impact of foreign investors' activities on the environment of the new European Union's Member States and discuss a role of a common environmental policy and member states' policies towards foreign investors. The analysis embraces three new EU countries, namely the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. The scope of the analysis are years 1997- 2007. The subject of the analysis is the sector and branch structure of FDI stock in the new EU Member States with special reference to FDI located in pollution-intensive industries which are selected according to the UNCTAD classification. Both the OECD and national data base of statistics is used to calculate the share of foreign investors' involvement in pollution-intensive activities in the new UE Member States. The research results show that as yet there has been no empirical evidence that FDI has a particularly negative impact on the natural environment in the new EU Member States. (original abstract)

Celem artykułu jest zbadanie potencjalnego wpływu działalności inwestorów zagranicznych na środowisko w nowych krajach członkowskich Unii Europejskiej (UE) oraz ocena roli wspólnej polityki ochrony środowiska UE i polityki wobec inwestorów zagranicznych w tym zakresie. Analiza obejmuje trzy nowe kraje członkowskie UE, tj. Czechy, Polskę i Słowację. Zakres czasowy analizy to lata 1997-2007. Przedmiotem analizy jest struktura sektorowa i branżowa skumulowanych bezpośrednich inwestycji zagranicznych (BIZ) w tych krajach, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem BIZ ulokowanych w przemysłach intensywnie zanieczyszczających środowisko. Do określenia tych przemysłów wykorzystano klasyfikację UNCTAD. W analizie statystycznej wykorzystano bazę danych OECD oraz statystyki narodowe. Wyniki badań wskazują, że - jak dotychczas - nie ma empirycznych dowodów, iż BIZ mają szczególnie negatywny wpływ na środowisko w nowych krajach członkowskich UE. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Environmental protection; Direct investments; Foreign investment

PL

Ochrona środowiska; Inwestycje bezpośrednie; Inwestycje zagraniczne

• Czasopismo: Comparative Economic Research
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: 14
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 5--23

Twórcy

autor

Janina Witkowska

• University of Lodz, Poland

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.2478/v10103-011-0016-0