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.
02/02/2011- 2130
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
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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.
02/02/2011- 1990
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
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Retailing Sector, TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) ,
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- 2638
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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Regional Development, Industrial Policy, Organized Industriel Zones, Clusters, Regional Development Agencies,
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- 2966
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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Regional Development, Industrial Policy, Incentive Schemes, Decentralization,
TEPAV: “Unmissable Opportunity to Solve the Constitutional Problem” Assoc. Prof. Levent Gönenç said: "A well-designed constitution making process, which should be evaluated in the light of Prime Minister Erdoğan's quoted statement, can turn out to be a new and unmissable opportunity for Turkey to solve its constitutional problem."
25/01/2011- 2340
ANKARA- Assoc. Prof. Levent Gönenç of Ankara University Faculty of Law, taking departure from Prime Minister Erdoğan's recent statement on the constitution making process, assessed that a constitution making process to be designed with the particip
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Constitution, Constitution Making, Elections, Civil Society,
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.
24/01/2011- 2255
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
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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.
21/01/2011- 2532
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
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Global Financial Crisis, Global Growth, Turkish Economy, Unemployment, Exports, Current Account Deficit,
Evaluation Note/Erhan Türbedar, PhD Turkey-Greece Dialogue Process
14/01/2011- 2723
Greek Prime Minister George A. Papandreou's speech at the Turkish Ambassadors Conference in Erzurum has triggered a new debate on Turkish-Greek relations once again. Although he gave reciprocal messages of friendship and peace with Prime Minister R
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Cyprus, The Balkans, European Union, Turkey-Greece Relations,
Afghan Reconciliation Efforts and the State of Affairs in the Region… In a meeting at TEPAV, with Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide as the key note speaker, the current state of Afghanistan was evaluated via the last 10 years' facts in the country.
11/01/2011- 1917
ANKARA - TEPAV organized a roundtable meeting with the theme "Afghan Reconciliation Efforts and Regional Implications". Espen Barth Eide, Deputy Foreign Minister of Norway, which has troops in Afghanistan was the keynote speaker.
Delivering a s
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Middle East, Afghan Reconciliation,
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.
11/01/2011- 2139
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
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Industrial Estate (OIZ), Middle East, Regional Development,
