Turkish Cypriot Economy, March 2021 : Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Path to Building Back Better

The special topic of this edition of the Macroeconomic Monitoring report focuses on the TC administration’s ‘public’ financial support to the agriculture sector. Due to the Turkish lira depreciation, the recent adverse climate conditions, and exace...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
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Language:English
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spelling okr-10986-355882021-05-18T05:11:15Z Turkish Cypriot Economy, March 2021 : Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Path to Building Back Better World Bank Group ECONOMIC GROWTH CURRENT ACCOUNT FISCAL TRENDS CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT POLICY RESPONSE JOBS ENTERPRISE SURVEY INEQUALITY ECONOMIC RECOVERY AGRICULTURE PUBLIC SUPPORT The special topic of this edition of the Macroeconomic Monitoring report focuses on the TC administration’s ‘public’ financial support to the agriculture sector. Due to the Turkish lira depreciation, the recent adverse climate conditions, and exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis, the agriculture sector suffered significantly in 2020. However, the severe impact on the sector was also the result of several long-standing inefficiencies and low productivity. Financial support from the central budget for agriculture comes at a significant fiscal cost to the overall TC economy, while at the same time agricultural productivity has been stagnating. The COVID-19 pandemic has served to exacerbate these existing challenges through disruptions along the food value chain. These problems have affected small-sized farmers the most, given that they are the most vulnerable to income shocks and higher retail prices. Reforming the subsidy system for agriculture could help generate greater fiscal space in the medium term, and also help foster economic diversification and enhance productivity. 2021-05-17T18:53:27Z 2021-05-17T18:53:27Z 2021-03 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/774861620796239281/Turkish-Cypriot-Economy-Impact-of-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-A-Path-to-Building-Back-Better-Special-Issue-Improving-the-Effectiveness-of-Public-Funds-in-Agriculture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35588 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Europe and Central Asia Cyprus
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topic ECONOMIC GROWTH
CURRENT ACCOUNT
FISCAL TRENDS
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
POLICY RESPONSE
JOBS
ENTERPRISE SURVEY
INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
AGRICULTURE
PUBLIC SUPPORT
spellingShingle ECONOMIC GROWTH
CURRENT ACCOUNT
FISCAL TRENDS
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
POLICY RESPONSE
JOBS
ENTERPRISE SURVEY
INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
AGRICULTURE
PUBLIC SUPPORT
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Turkish Cypriot Economy, March 2021 : Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Path to Building Back Better
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description The special topic of this edition of the Macroeconomic Monitoring report focuses on the TC administration’s ‘public’ financial support to the agriculture sector. Due to the Turkish lira depreciation, the recent adverse climate conditions, and exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis, the agriculture sector suffered significantly in 2020. However, the severe impact on the sector was also the result of several long-standing inefficiencies and low productivity. Financial support from the central budget for agriculture comes at a significant fiscal cost to the overall TC economy, while at the same time agricultural productivity has been stagnating. The COVID-19 pandemic has served to exacerbate these existing challenges through disruptions along the food value chain. These problems have affected small-sized farmers the most, given that they are the most vulnerable to income shocks and higher retail prices. Reforming the subsidy system for agriculture could help generate greater fiscal space in the medium term, and also help foster economic diversification and enhance productivity.
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title Turkish Cypriot Economy, March 2021 : Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Path to Building Back Better
title_short Turkish Cypriot Economy, March 2021 : Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Path to Building Back Better
title_full Turkish Cypriot Economy, March 2021 : Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Path to Building Back Better
title_fullStr Turkish Cypriot Economy, March 2021 : Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Path to Building Back Better
title_full_unstemmed Turkish Cypriot Economy, March 2021 : Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Path to Building Back Better
title_sort turkish cypriot economy, march 2021 : impact of the covid-19 pandemic – a path to building back better
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/774861620796239281/Turkish-Cypriot-Economy-Impact-of-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-A-Path-to-Building-Back-Better-Special-Issue-Improving-the-Effectiveness-of-Public-Funds-in-Agriculture
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