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Economic and Social Indicators of the 10 Provinces* Impacted by the Earthquake

  • Posted by Pelin Dilek
  • Posted on February 16, 2023
  • General
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*Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Şanlıurfa (Posted originally in Turkish as a linked-in article on February 13, 2023) • According to end of 2022 figures, 15.6% of Turkey’s population (13.4 million people) lives in the Region. • These 10 provinces also host 1.7 million Syrians under temporary protection (49% of the […]

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Uçdeğer Olarak 2020 GSYH Büyümesi

  • Posted by Pelin Dilek
  • Posted on February 17, 2021
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/uçdeğer-olarak-2020-gsyh-büyümesi-pelin-yenigun-dilek/ Pandeminin hem ülke ekonomileri bazında, hem de sektörel olarak etkisi asimetrik oldu. Ülkelerin hanelere, işyerlerine verdikleri desteklere göre ekonomik daralma oranları farklılaşırken, hizmet-sanayi ayrımına göre de sektörlerin etkilenme dereceleri farklılaştı. İşgücü piyasaları üzerinde de benzer bir etki oldu. Türkiye’de uygulanan kısa çalışma ödeneğine benzer diğer ülke programların boyutu işsizlik oranlarının ülkeden ülkeye farklı oranlarda […]

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Covid-19 Pandemisi ve Ekonomik Etki Tek Yönlü Mü?

Son 2-3 haftada Covid-19’un üzerine finansal piyasalarda ve ekonomi bloglarında çokça uzman görüşü çıkıyor. Bunların çoğunu değerli buluyorum. Belirsizliğin arttığı dönemlerde, uzmanlıklarını ve entellektüel sermayelerini serikanlılıkla birleştirebilen insanlara ihtiyaç artıyor. Okuduklarımda öne çıkan başlıklar şöyle: • Para politikası bu krizde tek başına yeterli değil. Merkez Bankaları’nın aksiyonları kritik ama bu sefer hedef odaklı maliye politikaları […]

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Digital Anatolia: New World Order and Solutions for Transformation

  • Posted by Pelin Dilek
  • Posted on October 1, 2018
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This executive summary is from the Turkonfed report title ‘Digital Anatolia: New World Order and Solutions for Transformation’ dated March 2018. Report has been co-authored with Ozgun Pelit. For the full report, http://www.turkonfed.org/Files/ContentFile/dijitalanadolu_final.pdf Since the beginning of 1990’s, technological innovations are gaining momentum and have been transforming the global economy. This transformation, which is sometimes […]

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Yapısal Reformlar ve Ekonominin Dönüşümü

  • Posted by Pelin Dilek
  • Posted on August 2, 2017
  • Macro Topics
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Yapısal Reformlar ve Ekonominin Dönüşümü Nedir Yapısal Reformlar? Potansiyel büyüme hızı, bir ekonominin herhangi bir darboğaz yaşamadığı durumlarda elindeki sermaye kaynakları ile büyüme hızını göstermektedir. Sermaye kaynaklarının verimliliği orta vadedeki büyüme hızını belirlemede kritiktir. Politika yapıcılarının görevi kısa vadede dönemsel darboğazları aşmak için para ve maliye politikaları doğru yönde ve doğru sürede kullanmak; uzun vadede […]

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Risk Map and Turkey’s Sustainable Development

  • Posted by Pelin Dilek
  • Posted on February 5, 2016
  • Sustainable Development
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Turkey’s economic ride throughout 2015 was largely dominated by the direction of the EM flows.  As the story of EMs change from high-growth-lower-risk to lower-growth-higher risk story, capital outflowed in net terms for the first time since 2008.  EM currencies depreciated in real terms against the USD and financial market volatility increased.  The movement of […]

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Sustainable Development Goals and Turkey’s Middle Income Trap

  • Posted by Pelin Dilek
  • Posted on October 4, 2015
  • Sustainable Development
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United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals that are replacing Millennium Development Goals, were publicized over the UN Summit in New York last weekend.  These announcements were important for many working in the development field as they are going to determine domestic and international policies shaping many projects in the field.  Yet, the attention that they received […]

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Model and Mindset Limits to Turkey’s Growth

Turkey’s average GDP growth rate was 3.1% during the last three years, compared to 2002-2011 average of 5.5%.  GDP/Capita has been hovering around 10,000 dollar since 2010, fuelling the discussions whether Turkey has been stuck in middle-income trap.  More importantly, the next two years growth estimates are not signalling an improvement over the last three […]

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Doing Business in MENA: Turkey Experience

  • Posted by Pelin Dilek
  • Posted on March 24, 2015
  • Competetiveness
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During the last 10 years, share of EU and MENA[1] region exports within Turkey’s total exports stayed almost the same at 70% levels; but the 13% decrease in EU’s share was almost all replaced by exports to the MENA region.  Exports to MENA region acted as a buffer to the decrease in EU exports, especially […]

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Turkey G20 Presidency at a Year of Sustainable Development

  • Posted by Pelin Dilek
  • Posted on March 9, 2015
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Turkey G20 Presidency at a ‘Year of Sustainable Development[1]’ Turkey is leading the G20 presidency during 2015.  As any other Presidency, Turkey has a focus and its list of priorities with which it wants to lead its term of Presidency. Its focus is ‘inclusive and robust growth’ while formulation standpoints are summarized as 3 I’s: […]

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