In 2001, Turkey adopted the Agricultural Reform Implementation Project (ARIP). This reform changed the practical instruments of policy intervention without questioning the underlying policy paradigm. A major driving force behind ARIP was the World Bank, which provided policy advice and the...

Hong Kong’ta, 13-18 Aralık 2005 tarihleri arasında yapılan altıncı DTÖ Bakanlar Konferansı’nda pek fazla yol alınamadı. Tarım, tarım-dışı ürünlerde pazara ulaşım ve hizmetler ana müzakere konularıydı. DTÖ üyeleri yeni tarım anlaşmasının taahhütlerin şeklini ve...

Agricultural production is heavily dependent on water availability for increasing productivity and decreasing volatility in production. However climate change is expected to increase the sectoral competition for water resources and raise the need for major changes in water policies. This study...

2001 krizinden sonra 2007’ye kadar Türkiye ekonomisi uzun dönem ortalamasýnýn çok üzerinde büyüdü. Üstelik bu büyüme hýzý benzer ülkelerin büyüme hýzlarýnýn da üzerinde gerçekleþti. Ayný dönemde Türkiye mali disipline dayanan bir ekonomik programý uygulamaya koydu....

In this study, we examine the formal/informal sector earnings differentials in the Turkish labor market using detailed econometric methodologies and a novel panel data set drawn from the 2006-2009 Income and Living Conditions Survey (SILC). In particular, we test if there is evidence of...

This paper shows that the structural breaks are an important characteristic of the monthly labor force participation rate (LFPR) series of Australia, Canada and the USA. Therefore we allow for endogenously determined multiple structural breaks in the empirical specifications of fractionally...