Turkey is one of the largest middle-income partners of the World Bank Group (WBG), and the 18th largest economy in the world. In less than a decade, per capita income in the country has nearly tripled and now exceeds $10,000.
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October 15, 2015 — Turkey's cities have seen unprecedented growth. A new report highlights salient features of Turkey’s urbanization process, with lessons learned for other developing countries.
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October 12, 2015 — A recent study looks at key constraints and opportunities to expand quality and affordability of childcare in Turkey to benefit both children’s early development, and mothers’ access to economic opportunities.
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October 8, 2015 — What is the value of natural resources? A pilot study conducted in the Bolu forest area identifies and quantifies the forest products and services, and assesses the possibility to scale up forest valuation.
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This project supports improving the efficiency of energy use in small and medium enterprises by scaling-up commercial bank lending for energy efficiency investments.
This latest Country Economic Memorandum analyzes trade in Turkey in the past decade and shows the country now needs to get into high-tech products and move up the global value chains.
Despite the expected slowdown in the second half of the year, the faster GDP growth in the second quarter leads to revising up growth forecast to 3.2 percent for 2015.
This report is addressed to policy makers from other emerging markets and from Turkey itself. To the former, it offers lessons in how Turkey progressed towards international integration and increased
The report highlights the impacts of the customs union and argues that it has brought greater benefits than a simple free trade agreement would have, but more can still be done to
We are preparing a renewed gender strategy to help us support countries and companies achieve gender equality as one pathway to ensuring lasting poverty reduction
The World Bank in Turkey invites eligible consultant firms to indicate their interest in providing services for the Global Value Chains Case Studies (ref. 1178958) by 27 April, 2015.