Turkey - Transport Sector Expenditure Review : Synthesis Report

Turkey is an upper-middle income country with a population of 73 million. It has a diversified economy with a strategic geographical position, located on the southeastern side of Europe and southwestern side of Asia. Continued economic growth, combined with increases in the urban population, will place increasing demands on Turkey's transport infrastructure. High middle income countries such as Turkey typically see very rapid increases in demand for transport services for several decades. Consequently public expenditures on transport sector have increased substantially in Turkey in recent years. Public expenditures on transport have almost doubled from 1.06 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2004 to 1.92 percent in 2010, and the transport sector accounted for the bulk of the increase in total public investments over this period. Turkey's transport sector has been growing both in terms of its size and the quality of the network, and currently compares well with similar middle income countries. However, Turkey's infrastructure quality lags behind the levels of EU countries, particularly in the railroads and ports sector. The need for transport infrastructure improvements is also reinforced by the results of business surveys.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012-10
Subjects:	ACCESS ROADS, AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, AIR, AIR PASSENGER, AIR TRAFFIC, AIR TRANSPORT, AIR TRANSPORT DEMAND, AIR TRAVEL, AIR TRAVEL DEMAND ELASTICITIES, AIRPORT, AIRPORT AUTHORITY, AIRPORT CAPACITY, AIRPORTS, ALTERNATIVE ROUTES, AVERAGE SPEED, AVIATION SECTOR, BOTTLENECKS, BRIDGE, BRIDGES, BUS, BUS ROUTES, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CAR, CAR OWNERSHIP, CAR REGISTRATIONS, CARGO, CARS, CONGESTION, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, COST EFFECTIVENESS, COST OF TRANSPORTATION, COSTS OF TRANSPORT, DEMAND FOR ROAD TRANSPORT, DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT, DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT SERVICES, DIESEL FUEL, DOMESTIC TRAFFIC, DOMESTIC TRANSPORT, DRIVING, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EFFICIENCY OF TRANSPORT, ELASTICITY, EMISSIONS, ENGINE, ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES, FIXED COSTS, FOSSIL FUEL, FRAMEWORK, FREIGHT, FREIGHT CUSTOMERS, FREIGHT HANDLING, FREIGHT SERVICES, FREIGHT TRAFFIC, FREIGHT TRANSPORT, FUEL, FUEL PRICES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, HIGH QUALITY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, HIGH SPEED RAIL, HIGH SPEED TRAIN, HIGH TRANSPORT, HIGH-SPEED RAIL, HIGH-SPEED TRAINS, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE, HIGHWAY NETWORK, HIGHWAY PROJECTS, HIGHWAYS, IMPACTS OF TRANSPORTATION, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, INFRASTRUCTURE COST, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INTERCITY BUS, INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT, LAND TRANSPORT, LOCOMOTIVE, MAIN ROADS, MARITIME TRANSPORT, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, MOBILITY, MODAL SHARE, MODAL SHIFT, MODES OF TRANSPORT, MOTORIZATION RATE, MOTORWAYS, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT, MUNICIPAL TRANSPORT, OPERATION OF TRANSPORT, OPERATION OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, PASSENGER CARS, PASSENGER DEMAND, PASSENGER KILOMETERS, PASSENGER NUMBERS, PASSENGER RAIL, PASSENGER SERVICE, PASSENGER SERVICES, PASSENGER TRAFFIC, PASSENGER TRANSPORT, PASSENGERS, PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE, PAVING, PERIODIC MAINTENANCE, POPULATION GROWTH, PORT FACILITIES, PRICE ELASTICITY, PRICE OF DIESEL, PRIVATE OPERATORS, PROFIT MARGINS, PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, QUALITY OF TRANSPORT, RAIL, RAIL INVESTMENTS, RAIL PASSENGER, RAIL PASSENGER TRANSPORT, RAIL SECTOR, RAIL SERVICES, RAIL SYSTEM, RAIL TRACK, RAIL TRAFFIC, RAIL TRANSPORT, RAIL TRANSPORTATION, RAILROAD, RAILROADS, RAILWAY, RAILWAY INVESTMENT, RAILWAY MARKET, RAILWAY NETWORK, RAILWAY SECTOR, RAILWAY TRANSPORT, RAILWAYS, RATE OF RETURN, RECONSTRUCTION, REGIONAL TRANSPORT, ROAD, ROAD DENSITY, ROAD EXPANSION, ROAD HAULAGE, ROAD INVESTMENTS, ROAD LINKS, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD PAVEMENT, ROAD PRICES, ROAD PROJECTS, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD SYSTEM, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES, ROAD VEHICLES, ROADS, ROLLING STOCK, ROUTE, ROUTES, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, SAFETY, SAFETY REGULATION, SATURATION, SECONDARY ROADS, SHARING, SPEED, STATE HIGHWAY, STATE HIGHWAYS, STEEL, STRUCTURES, TAX, TOLLS, TRACKS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC DEMAND, TRAFFIC DENSITY, TRAFFIC LEVELS, TRANSIT, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT DEMAND, TRANSPORT EXPENDITURE, TRANSPORT EXPENDITURES, TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT INVESTMENT, TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS, TRANSPORT MODE, TRANSPORT MODES, TRANSPORT NETWORK, TRANSPORT OF GOODS, TRANSPORT OPERATORS, TRANSPORT PLAN, TRANSPORT PLANNING, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, TRANSPORT QUALITY, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT STRATEGY, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, TRANSPORTATION DEMAND, TRANSPORTATION EXPENDITURES, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS, TRANSPORTATION POLICY, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, TRAVEL DEMAND, TRAVEL TIME, TUNNELS, URBAN TRANSPORT, URBANIZATION, VEHICLE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/17073729/turkey-transport-sector-expenditure-review-synthesis-report https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12307
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