International Congress on Eurasian Economies

International Conference on Eurasian Economies

1-3 July 2014 – Skopje, MACEDONIA

Paper detail

Paper ID : 866
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Growth and Development
Presenter: Ph.D. candidate Berrin Gökçek
Session : 6C Kalkınma III

Multi-dimensional Poverty and Human Development in Turkey and Transition Economies
Türkiye ve Geçiş Ekonomilerinde Çok Boyutlu Yoksulluk ve İnsani Gelişme

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to determine and evaluate the multidimensional poverty and human development in Turkey in comparison with the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries which is called Transition Economies. For this purpose, in this study, human development and multidimensional poverty in Turkey were examined in comparison with the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. In this study, carried out through comparative relation scanning model and literature model, the sample group was established the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries with Turkey. The research data was collected through Human Development Index (HDI) and Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) developed by UNDP. The findings from this study revealed that CEE countries which are the member of EU have higher human development rate than EU candidate countries and CIS countries. In addition, Turkey has the highest rate of GNI per capita and poverty as well as the lowest education index in comparison with the other EU candidate countries. In this study, these results is tried to be analyzed in the lights of index data and potential effects of the existing differences between countries.

JEL codes: A19, A14

Gökçek Karaca, Nuray, Gökçek, Berrin (2014). "Multi-dimensional Poverty and Human Development in Turkey and Transition Economies" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2014, pp.652-661, Skopje, MACEDONIA.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C05.00866

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Session 6C: Kalkınma III

Istanbul Beykent University Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University TIKA Turkish Central Bank