Turkey’s demographic and economic transformation has been one of the world’s most dramatic, with urban growth and economic growth proceeding hand in hand. Distinguishing Turkey from many other developing countries has been the pace, scale, and geographical diversity of its spatial and...

Die Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik ist die größte Ausgabenposition des EU-Haushalts. Durch die Erweiterung der EU um Länder mit hohem Agraranteil mussten in den vergangenen Jahren zusätzliche Herausforderungen bewältigt werden. Die Studie untersucht, welche Optionen zur Finanzierung des...

"This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...

"The authors examine the factors affecting the transition to self-employment in Bosnia and Herzegovina, using the World Bank Living Standard Measurement Survey panel household survey for the years 2001-2004. In the beginning of the sample, the country changed its legal framework, with the...