Keywords: Industrial Policy
Commentary/Ussal Şahbaz: "De-industrialization: A dangerous trend in Turkish economy?" TEPAV Advisor Ussal Şahbaz stated that Turkey has to produce things to continue its sustainable growth.
30/03/2011
The commentary said: "One may argue, if globally connected service sectors such as financial services, high-end retailing or energy are more productive, there is no reason to worry about these sectors replacing manufacturing. I disagree. Turkey is
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“The Competitiveness of the Industrial Sector Decreased by 8 Ranks in 3 Years” Speaking at a symposium organized by the Competition Authority, TEPAV Director Güven Sak said that Turkey, facing a considerable drop in competitiveness, needs an industrial strategy with a special focus on this issue.
24/03/2011
ANKARA - TEPAV Director Prof. Dr. Güven Sak stressed that the competitiveness of Turkey's industrial sector between 2007 and 2010 decreased from 53rd place to 61st. Sak said, "the industrial sector needs a strategy to be issued by the public sec
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The State’s Tools for Regional Development in Question The 5th Regional Development and Governance Symposium by TEPAV hosted debates on the special economic zones, clustering policy, regional development, and the efficiency of these as tools for regional development.
28/01/2011
ANKARA - The 5th Regional Development and Governance Symposium, with the theme "Governance of Industrial Policy," ended on Friday 28 January 2011 with discussions questioning the tools of the state to ensure regional development.
The second and
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The 5th Regional Development and Governance Symposium Begins During the first day's program of the fifth event of TEPAV's Regional Development and Governance Symposium series, the regional development dimension of the industrial policy and regional and sector-based incentive systems were discussed
27/01/2011
ANKARA - The 5th Regional Development and Governance Symposium organized by TEPAV in cooperation with the Middle East Technical University (METU) Unit for Urban and Regional Research started. The symposium, with the theme "Governance of Industria
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Prof. Hausmann: “Diversify product pattern and focus on India than China” In a roundtable meeting organized by TEPAV Hausmann delivered a speech with the title 'Turkey's Growth and Regional Development'.
08/12/2010
ISTANBUL -Prof. Ricardo Hausmann, Director of Harvard University Center for International Development, stated that the development of average consumption patterns in the world is similar to Turkey's export pattern and made some recommendations fo
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Commentary/Esen Çağlar: On the Spread of Industry and Movie Theatres in Anatolia Commentary by TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Esen Çağlar 'On the Spread of Industry and Movie Theatres in Anatolia' is published.
06/12/2010
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Regions failing to attract qualified brains will face the risk of losing competitiveness. A province can become a center of attraction to the extent that it is livable. Thus, the number of movie theatres in Turkey, which s
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TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Çağlar: “A Jump is Needed and Industrial Policy is the Answer” Delivering a speech in the annual conference of Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economics Institutes (FEMISE) Çağlar emphasized that Turkey faces the risk of "middle income trap" and that the answer to the needed Jump is a new industrial policy.
24/11/2010
ROME - TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Esen Çağlar emphasized that Turkey is stuck in between two 'worlds' and needs the new industrial policy. Evaluating Turkey's industry Çağlar stated that it is challenging for Turkey to converge to US and
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TEPAV Warned About the Danger Ahead: ‘Middle Income Trap’ Stating that Turkey cannot preserve competitiveness relying on strategies based on cheap labor and labor intensive export sectors TEPAV stressed that it is necessary to accelerate the transformation process.
30/09/2010
ANKARA - Stating that Turkey cannot preserve and improve competitiveness relying on strategies based on cheap labor and labor intensive export sectors TEPAV stressed that it is necessary to accelerate the transformation process in order to avoid th
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"European Union, Our Common Future" Events in Kayseri
15/08/2009
KAYSERİ - TEPAV's second event in the series "European Union, Our Common Future" carried out in cooperation with The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and Secretariat General for European Union Affairs (ABGS), was held on 14
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Third Meeting of the Istanbul Forum Held Turkish, Afghan and Pakistani businesspeople assembled for the third time in Istanbul.
04/12/2008
ISTANBUL – The third meeting of the Istanbul Forum that brings together the business organizations of Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan was held in Istanbul on December 4, 2008. The declaration announced at the end of the meeting decided to laun
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