DataTurkey: Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Environment When talking about Turkey’s strengths, it is almost imperative that economists talk about the entrepreneurial spirit. It is widely believed that this entrepreneurial spirit helps Turkey to go through hard and volatile times. Yet, these talks barely pass beyond anecdotal evidence. In this post of DataTurkey, we look at international data to question […]
DataTurkey: Education
OECD announced the 2012 results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) last week and it was widely covered both in local and international media. PISA is an assessment measuring the 15-year old school pupils’ scholastic performance on mathematics, science and reading and it is increasingly used as an indicator of education quality. Inspired […]
DataTurkey: Gender Gap
Inspired by the recently published WEF Gender Gap Report 2013, we have brought together Turkey’s data on gender equality compared to the 14 other emerging markets that we follow. As stated in the report, closing gender gaps is thus not only a matter of human rights and equity; it is also one of efficiency. Especially […]
DataTurkey: Governance
Governance indicators aim to reflect the capabilities and gaps of national governments in formulating and implementing sound policies. Indices listed here from World Bank’s ‘WorldWide Governance Report’ and KPMG’s Change for Readiness 2013. World Bank’s ‘Worldwide Governance indicators report six broad dimensions of governance for 215 countries. According to the definition given by World Bank, […]
Data Turkey: Energy
(Post edited on December 11 with WEF data on EAPI) World Economic Forum released ‘the Global Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) Report 2014’ on December 11th. The report introduces EAPI, which focuses on tracking specific and output-oriented indicators to measure the energy system of different countries. 18 indicators are aggregated into three baskets: Economic growth […]