logo tobb logo tobbetu

TEPAV: "Internet Services Expensive in Turkey" Despite high Internet prices at OECD scale, access to the Internet among households has increased by almost 40% over the last three years.
Haber Resim
04/02/2011- 2441 ANKARA - TEPAV states that according to the OECD Broadband Statistics, in the scale where the lowest and highest megabit/second price is $2.39 and $76.11, respectively, Turkey is one of the countries with the highest internet prices. The note with [More]
Technology,
The Share of Interest Expenditures Decreased while that of Social Security Increased Fiscal Monitoring Report October November 2010 Budget Implementation Results reveal that the share of public services under other categories did not change considerably.
Haber Resim
02/02/2011- 2123 ANKARA - The share of interest expenditures decreased over years while the shares of public services under other categories did not change considerably.  Social security deficit finance surpassed other social assistance items increasing its share [More]
Fiscal Monitoring , Budget Performance,
TEPE Meets 2011 in the Positive Zone TEPE, which has been moving in the negative zone since November 2010, met 2011 in the positive zone.
Haber Resim
02/02/2011- 1981 TEPE stood at 0.8 percent in January 2011. TEPE demonstrated 9.7 points of month-on-month increase and 18.3 points of year-on-year increase. In January 2011 expectations for the next three year improved by 18.8 points compared to the previous mo [More]
Retailing Sector, TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) ,
New Approach for Policies to Improve the Product Pattern TEPAV hosted Dany Bahar of Harvard University to perform trainings on 'product space', a new developmental economics approach guiding the identification of countries' product patterns.
Haber Resim
24/01/2011- 2248 Dany Bahar, a Doctoral Fellow at the Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University, visited TEPAV during January 2011 to perform a series of trainings to the staff on applications of recent economic research performed at CID un [More]
Regional Development, Product Diversity, Product Pattern,
World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects Report Discussed at TEPAV The Global Economic Prospects 2011 report by the World Bank was discussed at TEPAV by World Bank officials and economists with a special focus on the prospects for Turkey.
Haber Resim
21/01/2011- 2525 ANKARA - The Global Economic Prospects 2011: Navigating Strong Currents report recently published by the World Bank was discussed at a meeting held at TEPAV on Friday, January 21, 2011. Speaking at the opening of the meeting, TEPAV Economic Stud [More]
Global Financial Crisis, Global Growth, Turkish Economy, Unemployment, Exports, Current Account Deficit,
The Turkish OIZ Model for Yemen, Which Faces a Tough Investment Climate An organized industrial zone with a favorable environment for investors will be established in Yemen, which despite being important for the Middle East and Africa market presents an investment environment with a variety of difficulties.
Haber Resim
11/01/2011- 2130 YEMEN - TEPAV Director Prof. Dr. Güven Sak stated that the economic cooperation between Turkey and Yemen will be solidified through an organized industrial zone (OIZ) project to be launched in Yemen in order to improve the investment climate. Sa [More]
Industrial Estate (OIZ), Middle East, Regional Development,
TEPAV: "Turkey’s Sovereign Rating Cannot be Upgraded Easily " TEPAV stated that Turkey strongly needs a new economic program to enjoy an improvement in sovereign rating beyond the level enabled by the success following the 2001 crisis.
Haber Resim
09/01/2011- 2054 ANKARA- TEPAV answered the long-debated question why Turkey's sovereign rating is not upgraded and emphasized that the problem stems from a number of factors including current account deficit, and volatility of growth and of exchange rate. Stressin [More]
Growth, Current Account Deficit, Fiscal Discipline, Global Financial Crisis,
TEPAV: "One Third of the Economic Recovery Completed…" TEPAV stated that Turkey achieved an impressive growth performance whereas the recovery process in unemployment and exports could not be completed yet.
Haber Resim
04/01/2011- 1725 ANKARA- TEPAV examined the performance of Turkey's economy in 2010 relying on the key macroeconomic indicators. Production and consumption indicators for 2010 indicated that the economy has regained the pace before the crisis whereas unemployment [More]
Global Financial Crisis, Growth, Exports, Current Account Deficit, Unemployment,
Positive Trend in Retail Confidence Continues Along with a Seasonal Drop TEPE, which dropped to the negative zone in October for the first time since August 2010, continued to decrease but rose year-on-year by 10.3 points.
Haber Resim
04/01/2011- 1632 ANKARA- TEPE, which dropped to the negative zone in October for the first time since August 2010, continued to decrease. TEPE stood at -8.9 in December 2010. TEPE showed 6.2 points of month-on-month decrease and 10.3 points of year-on-year increase [More]
TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) , Retailing Sector,
Istanbul will connect Europe to China Delivering a speech in the opening ceremony of training program for Egyptian Competition Authority, TEPAV Director Sak underlined that such steps turn into long-lasting dialogue mechanisms and that Istanbul-Islamabad railway project will be initiated with Pakistan.
Haber Resim
03/01/2011- 2291 ANKARA - TEPAV Director Prof. Guven Sak stated that a couple of weeks ago they received a proposal from Mr. Zerdari, President of Pakistan, regarding the construction of Istanbul - Islamabad railway and that TEPAV and TOBB will involve in this pr [More]
Competition, Middle East, TRIPP,