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Sustainable Development Goals and Turkey’s Middle Income Trap
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 […]
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 […]