The World Bank in Turkey

The Turkish economy is experiencing a difficult period, with market volatility and rising economic stress. Restoring stability and accelerating structural reforms could help sustain to sustain the country’s strong achievements of the past decade and a half.

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Safe and Resilient Schools

Children protection has become a priority in both Turkey and the Kyrgyz Republic since the catastrophic impacts of earthquakes.

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Turkey Economic Monitor

The balance of risks in the Turkish economy since Q3-Q4 2017 has shifted from growth to stability.

Education for Resilience

BUILDING SAFER SCHOOLS

Turkey is building earthquake-resistant schools across priority provinces over the next 3 years.

Turkey At-A-Glance

Turkey’s performance since 2000 has been impressive. Macroeconomic and fiscal stability were at the heart of its performance, enabling increased employment and incomes and making Turkey an upper-middle-income country. Poverty incidence halved over 2002–12, and extreme poverty fell even faster. During this time, Turkey urbanized dramatically, opened up to foreign trade and finance.

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Projects in Turkey

Sustainable Cities in Turkey (US$ 158.99 million)

The development objective of Sustainable Cities Project for Turkey is to improve the planning capacity of and access to targeted municipal services in participating municipalities and utilities.

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Turkey Economic Monitor

Forest Policy Note

Poverty, Forest Dependence and Migration in the Forest Communities of Turkey

Shaping Sustainable Consumption and Production Agenda

Turkey in Figures

The Human Capital Index quantifies the contribution of health and education to the productivity of the next generation of workers. Countries can use it to assess how much income they are foregoing because of human capital gaps, and how much faster they can turn these losses into gains if they act now.

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