Theoretical models of growth reveal that either exogenous or endogenous, technology is the main driving force behind the long-run economic growth. Furthermore, in the endogenous growth framework, diffusion of technology is the basic mechanism of per capita income convergence among countries....

Some economists have argued that the process of disintegration of world economy between the two World Wars has led to increased income divergence between the countries. This is in keeping with the view that economic integration leads to income convergence, and consequently that income divergence...

Introduction / Arie Oskam and Alison Burrell -- Turkey's economy and regional income distribution / Arie Oskam, Natasha Longworth, and Ayselin Yildez -- The institutional framework of Turkey and Turkish agriculture / Tugrul Temel -- Agricultural production, prices and trade / Natasha Longworth...