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OECD Reviews of Health Systems - Turkey

18-Feb-2009

This comprehensive review of Turkey's health care system shows that health status has improved rapidly in Turkey in recent decades, partly as a result of higher health spending.

Fostering Entrepreneurship for Innovation (STI Working Paper 2008/5)

30-Dec-2008

by Axel Mittelstädt and Fabienne Cerri

This paper presents the role of entrepreneurship policies in supporting innovation in four OECD countries. It consists of a synthesis report based on the findings of country case studies on Korea, Mexico, Norway and Turkey. The case studies are appended to the synthesis report.

Environmental Performance Reviews: Turkey (2008)

16-Dec-2008

This book is part of the OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Programme, which conducts peer reviews of environmental conditions and progress in each member country. It scrutinises countries' efforts to meet both domestic objectives and international commitments.

Turkey does well in forestation but faces big environmental challenges

16-Dec-2008

Turkey compares well with other OECD countries in terms of biodiversity and its relatively low level of greenhouse gas emissions per head of population, but it faces significant future environmental challenges.

Launch of the Environment Performance Review of Turkey

16-Dec-2008

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

In his remarks for the launch of this report, Mr Gurría praised the remarkable environmental progress made by Turkey since 1999 but he also pointed out that Turkey still needs to address a number of environmental challenges due to unsustainable production and consumption patterns.

OECD Secretary-General and President of Turkey

15-Dec-2008

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría met with Turkish President Abdullah Gül  during his official visit to Turkey on 15 December 2008.

The Global Economy and Turkey: an OECD perspective

15-Dec-2008

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

In his remarks at the Istanbul Stock Exchange Market (IMKB), Mr Gurría stated that the crisis is also an opportunity, to build a stronger financial system; to bring about greener economic growth; to promote more inclusive and effective multilateral co-operation.

Official visit of the Secretary-General to Turkey (Istanbul and Ankara, 15 - 16 December 2008)

12-Dec-2008

On the occasion of his official visit, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría launched the Environmental Performance Review of Turkey and met with several government officials.

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2008: Profile of Turkey

27-Oct-2008

This country profile highlights the strengths and challenges for science and technology performance and describes recent policy responses.

The challenges of monetary policy in Turkey

16-Oct-2008

Olcay Çulha, Ali Çulha and Rauf Gönenç

Monetary policy has been one of the main pillars of the post-2001 stabilisation programme. Encouraged by its success, the central bank shifted from implicit to explicit inflation targeting in 2006 and set a medium-term inflation target of 4%, applicable from end 2007.