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Turkey Poverty Policy Recommendations, Volume 2

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-21T20:04:36Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-21T20:04:36Z
dc.date.issued 2005-08
dc.description.abstract This report sets out a new poverty line methodology for Turkey, as the basic measure of poverty in the country. However, several poverty lines are calculated for the purpose of international comparability, and comparability to the Bank's poverty measures, using the 1987 and 1994 data. The basic data used in Volume One are from the official 2002 Household Budget Survey (HBS). The analysis refers generally to the new poverty line methodology that results in 27 percent poor. This line is called "complete" poverty line, and is referred to as "Total poverty" in statistical tables. An in-depth analysis of the 2002 Household Budget Survey (HBS) compared to that from 1994, shows that living standards in Turkey remained almost unchanged. Poverty based on the previous methodology declined gradually from 1987 to 2002, from 38.5 percent to 34.5 percent. Poverty based on the updated methodology declined from 28.3 percent to 27 percent from 1994 to 2002. On the other hand, marginal inequality increased. Extreme poverty, already low, further declined from 1994 to 2002. Food poverty declined from 2.9 to 1.4 percent, while $1 per person per day poverty, depending on purchasing power parity (PPP) used, was 2-3 percent, or even negligible (0.2 percent). The poverty-growth decomposition demonstrated that while economic growth was a main driving force in poverty reduction, much of the gains from growth were offset by inequality, which slightly worsened from 1994 to 2002. The timing of the two major surveys in Turkey - 1994 and 2002 - dictates the frame for the comparisons. Unfortunately, due to the macroeconomic instability, living standards between these two years have not improved. The conclusion that stems from this analysis is therefore that growth between 1994 and 2002 was not sufficiently strong to produce any sizable reduction in poverty, and the impact of the little growth there was, was dampened by an increase in inequality. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6310170/turkey-joint-poverty-assessment-report-vol-2-2-poverty-policy-recommendations
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8702
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Washington, DC
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACCESSION COUNTRIES
dc.subject AGED
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject ANNUAL RATE
dc.subject BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
dc.subject CAPITAL FLOWS
dc.subject CAPITAL INFLOWS
dc.subject CASH TRANSFERS
dc.subject CHILD HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject CLINICS
dc.subject COUNTRY INEQUALITY
dc.subject DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subject DISADVANTAGED AREAS
dc.subject ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject ECONOMIC REFORM
dc.subject EDUCATION LEVEL
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subject ENROLLMENT RATIO
dc.subject ESCAPE POVERTY
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATE REGIME
dc.subject EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject EXTREME POVERTY
dc.subject FAMILIES
dc.subject FINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subject FINANCIAL SECTOR
dc.subject FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject FOOD GOODS
dc.subject FOOD POVERTY
dc.subject FOREIGN EXCHANGE
dc.subject GINI COEFFICIENT
dc.subject GROWTH PERFORMANCE
dc.subject HEALTH CARE
dc.subject HEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subject HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subject HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
dc.subject HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject HEALTH POLICY
dc.subject HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject HIGH GROWTH
dc.subject HIGH INFLATION
dc.subject HOSPITAL ADMISSION
dc.subject HOSPITALIZATION
dc.subject HOSPITALS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD POVERTY
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD WEALTH
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SECTOR UNIT
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject INCOME GROUPS
dc.subject INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject INCOME QUINTILE
dc.subject INCREASED TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject INEQUALITY
dc.subject INFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subject INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
dc.subject INTERVENTION
dc.subject LABOR FORCE
dc.subject LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject LONG RUN
dc.subject LOW- INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
dc.subject MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY
dc.subject MACROECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subject MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
dc.subject MARKET ECONOMIES
dc.subject MORTALITY
dc.subject MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
dc.subject OUTPATIENT CARE
dc.subject PENSION SYSTEM
dc.subject POLICY REFORMS
dc.subject POOR
dc.subject POOR CHILDREN
dc.subject POOR HEALTH
dc.subject POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject POVERTY ASSESSMENT
dc.subject POVERTY GAP
dc.subject POVERTY INCREASES
dc.subject POVERTY LINE
dc.subject POVERTY LINES
dc.subject POVERTY MEASURES
dc.subject POVERTY MONITORING
dc.subject POVERTY OUTCOMES
dc.subject POVERTY POLICY
dc.subject POVERTY PROFILE
dc.subject POVERTY PROJECTIONS
dc.subject POVERTY RATE
dc.subject POVERTY RATES
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject POVERTY SITUATION
dc.subject POVERTY STATUS
dc.subject PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject PRO-POOR
dc.subject PUBLIC EDUCATION
dc.subject PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
dc.subject PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
dc.subject PUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subject PURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subject QUALITATIVE DATA
dc.subject QUALITATIVE INFORMATION
dc.subject QUANTITATIVE DATA
dc.subject REAL TERMS
dc.subject REFORM PROGRAM
dc.subject REGIONAL DIMENSIONS
dc.subject REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE
dc.subject RESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subject RURAL
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject RURAL POPULATION
dc.subject RURAL POVERTY
dc.subject SCHOOL GRADUATES
dc.subject SCHOOLING ATTAINMENT
dc.subject SECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject SKEWED DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS
dc.subject SOCIAL SECTORS
dc.subject SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject STRUCTURAL REFORMS
dc.subject TARGETING
dc.subject TAX REFORM
dc.subject TAX REGIME
dc.subject TEAM MEMBERS
dc.subject TEAM WORKING
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject URBAN HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject URBAN POPULATION
dc.subject VULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subject WORKERS
dc.title Turkey Poverty Policy Recommendations, Volume 2 en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2005-09-28
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6310170/turkey-joint-poverty-assessment-report-vol-2-2-poverty-policy-recommendations
okr.globalpractice Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000012009_20050927103128
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 6310170
okr.identifier.report 29619
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2005/09/27/000012009_20050927103128/Rendered/PDF/29619120rev0TU.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Europe and Central Asia
okr.region.country Turkiye
okr.region.geographical Asia
okr.region.geographical Europe
okr.region.geographical Middle East
okr.region.geographical Eastern Europe
okr.sector Compulsory pension and unemployment insurance
okr.sector Health and other social services
okr.sector Education
okr.sector Public Administration
okr.sector Law
okr.sector Public Administration, Law, and Justice
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic Services and Transfers to Poor
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Poverty Assessment
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population
okr.topic Rural Development
okr.unit Human Development Sector Unit (ECSHD)
okr.volume 2 of 2
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