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Doing Business in MENA: Turkey Experience

  • Posted by Pelin Dilek
  • Posted on March 24, 2015
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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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Guest Post: Diagnostics of Turkey’s Exports at Firm-Level

  • Posted by admin
  • Posted on January 15, 2015
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Along with several other ambitious economic targets, Turkey set a 500 billion USD exports target for the year 2023, the 100th anniversary of the modern Turkish Republic. In policy documents prepared to this end, number of exporters and export destinations are often cited as main dimensions to focus on[1]. However, a cross country comparison reveals […]

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