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In 2015 and 2016, migrant flows into the European Union (EU) surged, with Greece and Italy the main entry points. Many of the migrants applied for international protection in Europe, becoming asylum seekers. This spike in EU asylum seekers, as well as the increasing numbers of those granted...
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The special topic of this edition of the Macroeconomic Monitoring report focuses on the TC administration's 'public' financial support to the agriculture sector. Due to the Turkish lira depreciation, the recent adverse climate conditions, and exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis, the agriculture...
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The Country Opinion Survey in Turkey assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in Turkey perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments …, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Turkey on 1) their views regarding the …
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The Turkish Cypriot economy (TCe) has struggled to recover since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. With a contraction of 16.2 percent in GDP in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic first took hold, the TCe experienced the most severe recession in its history, and the most severe...
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As a region, the Mashreq has seen more than its share of deaths, economic losses, and instability for the last decade. The region has braved massive economic and social shocks that would challenge even the most advanced economies in the world. The conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic has...
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Syria has focused on increasing student learning outcomes by improving the quality of education in the country. An … strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, Syria decided to benchmark this system using standardized tools …
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This Syria Economic Monitor leverages innovative alternative and remote-based data sources to analyze recent economic …. Throughout 2023, Syria's dire economic situation continued to worsen, exacerbated by multiple overlapping shocks, including the … a fresh wave of internal displacement. Furthermore, the Middle East conflict has spilled over Syria's borders, marked by …
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Following the magnitude (Mw) 7.8 Turkiye-Syria Earthquake on February 6, 2023 and the Mw 6.3 earthquake on February 20 …, 2023, the World Bank carried out a remote, desk-based assessment of the physical damages in Syria using the Global RApid …). As of February 20, 2023, the confirmed death toll across Turkiye and Syria surpassed 47,000 deaths, with 6,599 fatalities …
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Following the magnitude (Mw) 7.8 Turkiye-Syria Earthquake on February 6, 2023, and the (Mw) 6.3 earthquake on February … 20, 2023, the World Bank launched the Syria Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA). The objective of the RDNA is to … RDNA contributes to the understanding of the impactof the earthquake on Syria. While the RDNA focuses on the damages …
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