The Problems of the Least Developed Countries Addressed with the Participation of TEPAV TEPAV shared the private sector experience of Turkey at the 4th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries.
13/05/2011- 3148
ISTANBUL -The 4th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries was held on May 9-13, 2011 in Istanbul. The steps to be taken in these countries were addressed in sessions participated in by TEPAV.
The conference, which hosted more th
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Private Sector, Industrial Policy, Entrepreneurship , Investment Climate, Labor Market Policies,
TEPAV Launches Competition for the Merih Celasun Award The money award in the competition for academic studies on Turkey's growth challenge is 10,000 TL.
13/05/2011- 1702
ANKARA- TEPAV will grant the Merih Celasun Award starting in 2011 in memory of deceased Prof. Merih Celasun. The theme of this year's award is "Turkey's growth challenge." The winning study will be given 10,000 TL.
TEPAV announced that the deadlin
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Growth, Turkish Economy, Merih Celasun Memorial Day,
TEPAV: "Fiscal Policy does not Stand Upright" TEPAV stated that although the budget deficit ameliorated in 2010 compared to 2009, structural budget balance has been deteriorating since 2006.
08/05/2011- 2654
ANKARA - TEPAV stressed that although the budget deficit ameliorated in 2010 compared to 2009, structural budget balance has been deteriorating since 2006. TEPAV said, "Fiscal stance demonstrates a negative outlook." It was also maintained that
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Fiscal Monitoring , Fiscal Policy, Budget Performance, Budget,
TEPE Three Years Old... TEPE, which will be disclosed with seasonally-adjusted data as of April 2011, continued the downwards trend and stood at 1.9 in April 2011.
03/05/2011- 1648
TEPE that has been decreasing since February 2011, continued this trend and stood at 1.9 in April 2011. Thus, TEPE decreased by 0.7 points month-on-month and increased by 7.7 points year-on-year.
TEPE results are being shared with the public si
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TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) , Retailing Sector,
TEPAV: "Sector and Market Diversification in Exports Increase" Number of major export sectors and major export destinations increased from 11 to 18 and from 15 to 29, respectively, in the last decade.
02/05/2011- 2418
ANKARA- TEPAV stated that sector and market diversification of Turkey's exports increased and said: "This is of key importance in ensuring a stable export performance by reducing the impact of the shocks in external demand."
Policy note titled
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Exports, Competitiveness,
Commentary/Esen Çağlar: How should Istanbul grow: Via unearned rent or human capital? TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Esen Çağlar stressed that, in the face of the ongoing debates about the Istanbul Channel Project, Turkey has to make a choice about its growth strategy as well as Istanbul's future.
02/05/2011- 2267
The commentary assessed:
"However, despite the wide gap between supply and demand and the ever-increasing difficulty of life, we must give Istanbul its due: if Turkey has grown over the last three decades, it has been enabled by this beautiful cit
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Turkish Economy, Growth, Regional Development,
Evaluation Note/Erhan Türbedar, PhD. After Second Tri-Partite Balkan Summit in Serbia
27/04/2011- 2251
Second Tri-Partite Balkan Summit in Serbia has been realized on April 26th, 2011 with the participation of the Presidents of Turkey, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although one of the subjects concentrated on was how political, economic and cul
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The Balkans,
A Delegation from the US Congress at TEPAV US Congressional Study Group on Turkey visited TEPAV to get information about Turkey's economy.
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ANKARA - United States Association of Former Members of Congress (USAFMC) paid a visit to TEPAV during their trip in Turkey. TEPAV Director Prof. Dr. Güven Sak and TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Esen Çağlar delivered presentations on Turkey's eco
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Turkish - American Relations, Turkish Economy,
“The Turkey 25 Project” Started "The Turkey 25 Project" aimed to identify and bring attention to the fastest growing Turkish firms started with the inauguration meeting in Istanbul.
26/04/2011- 2483
ISTANBUL - The Turkey 25 Project to be carried out by TEPAV, under the leadership of TOBB and in collaboration with AllWorld Network, was inaugurated with a meeting on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. In his speech, Union of Chambers and Commodity Excha
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Entrepreneurship , Private Sector, Growth,
Commentary/Esen Çağlar: An assessment of the economic opening of CHP TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Esen Çağlar assessed the election studies of the main opposition party announced following the election manifesto of the AKP.
25/04/2011- 2012
The commentary assessed:
"Following the election manifesto the AKP (Justice and Development Party) announced on April 16, the CHP (Republican People's Party) declared an economic program for 2023 on Wednesday, April 20 and an election manifesto on
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Elections, Turkish Economy,
