Poverty and Inequality Changes in Turkey (2003-2006)

Poverty in Turkey has declined significantly between 2003 and 2006, as a result of rapid poverty reduction in urban areas. In the same time period, the reduction in poverty in rural areas has been slow or non-existent. As a result, the relative ris...

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Main Authors:	Aran, Meltum, Demir, Sirma, Sarica, Özlem, Yazici, Hakan
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Ankara 2017
Subjects:	AGGREGATE LEVEL AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ANNUAL GROWTH BASIC EDUCATION CASH TRANSFERS CHANGES IN POVERTY CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY CORRELATES OF POVERTY CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION DECLINE IN POVERTY DENSITY FUNCTION DEPENDENT VARIABLE DETERMINANT OF POVERTY DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FOOD BASKET FOOD COMPONENTS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD ITEMS FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD SHARE FORM OF POVERTY FORMS OF POVERTY GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HEALTH INSURANCE HIGH GROWTH HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY INEQUALITY CHANGES INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURES INFORMAL SAFETY NETS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND SIZE LANDHOLDINGS MEAN GROWTH MEAN INCOME MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MICRO DATA NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE OUTPUT GROWTH PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME POOR POOR HEALTH POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY DATA POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY RANKINGS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY SEVERITY POVERTY STATUS PRICE STABILITY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL PRICE RELATIVE RISK OF POVERTY RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL FINANCE RURAL FINANCIAL MARKETS RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INEQUALITY RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL SECTOR SCHOOLING SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION SOCIAL SECURITY SQUARED POVERTY GAP STANDARD TOOL UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POOR URBAN POVERTY VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY VULNERABLE GROUPS WELFARE INDICATOR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/763481468326974392/Poverty-and-inequality-changes-in-Turkey-2003-2006 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27836