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Country Economic Memorandum 2008
This study aims to contribute to the ongoing process of elaborating a strategic vision on Turkey's policy priorities during EU accession. Click here...
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Turkey's Experience with Greenfield Gas Distribution since 2003 and Turkey: Gas Sector Strategy The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), a global technical assistance partnership administered by the World Bank and sponsored by bi-lateral official donors, has published the formal report "Turkey’s Experience with Greenfield Gas Distribution since 2003" and the technical report "Turkey: Gas Sector Strategy". The first report focuses on two broad areas related to Turkey’s progress in greenfield gas distribution projects: Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA)’s ability to finalize gas distribution tenders and the level of investment completed by license holders. The second report focuses on the desired future framework for the natural gas market and indicates the changes that need to be made in the "buy" function, "sell" function and "transit" function as well as the steps which need to be taken to transition from the current framework to the desired framework. Second reportFirst report
Turkey - Public Expenditure Review This report focuses on Turkey's ambitious fiscal adjustment which has facilitated a substantial decline in the public debt ratio together with a strong economic performance since 2001 and looks at existing vulnerabilities that underscore the need for continuous fiscal discipline. The report argues that fiscal space to meet expenditure pressures needs to be created by a combination of structural public expenditure reforms, expenditure reallocations, and continuing tax reform efforts. Full report
Turkey - Education Sector Study The Education Sector Study seeks to contribute to the current dialogue among researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders regarding the creation of a coherent, sector-wide strategy for improving Turkey’s pre-university education system. Full report
Turkey Labor Market Study (2006) This study focuses on labor market dynamics in Turkey and discusses policy reform options. It provides an evaluation of demographic and structural factors underpinning labor market performances, examines economy-wide factors having impact on the demand for labor, reviews trends in labor force participation and analyzes the impact of labor market regulations and institutions on labor supply and demand in an international context. Full report
Turkey Agricultural Sector Subsidization In 2000, the Turkish government started a thorough realignment of agricultural support policies. This report reviews the impact of subsidy reform in the agricultural sector. Text/Audio/Video
The World Bank in Turkey, 1993-2004 Country Assistance Evaulation Report assesses the outcomes of the World Bank’s assistance to Turkey during the period July 1, 1993, to June 30, 2004. It focuses on the objectives of that assistance and the extent to which outcomes were consistent with those objectives. It looks at the Bank’s contribution to the achievement of those outcomes and the lessons for the Bank’s future activities both in Turkey and more broadly. The evaluation has included a review of relevant documents, complemented by interviews with the staff of the Bank and other key donors, as well as representatives of the Government, NGOs, and civil society. Full report
Disinflation, Fiscal Sustainability, and Labor Adjustment in Turkey Paper analyzes the effects of monetary policy and fiscal adjustment on output and unemployment in Turkey. The model on which the analysis is based accounts for rural-urban migration, a large urban informal sector, flexible exchange rates, a dollarized banking system, and interactions between default risk on government liabilities, credibility, and inflation expectations. Full report
Joint Poverty Assessment Report This report sets out a new poverty line methodology for Turkey, as the basic measure of poverty in the country. However, several poverty lines are calculated for the purpose of international comparability, and comparability to the Bank's poverty measures, using the 1987 and 1994 data. Full report
Gas Sector Strategy Note This report summarizes a strategy for accelerating the liberalization of the natural gas market in Turkey in line with the objectives of the Natural Gas Market Law of 2001. Read More
Country Assistance Evaluation - (Dec. 2004) Turkish economic growth in the period since 1990 has been characterized by a high degree of volatility. Growth averaged over 7 percent between 1995 and 1997, in spite of inflation that went as high as 90 percent a year. Turkey benefited from relatively high growth rates in the richer economies, which led to growth in exports, demand for Turkish workers and the supply of remittances. Read More
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