Turkey
This report is a part of larger welfare and social policy work agenda which the Turkish State Planning Organization and the World Bank are carrying out collaboratively. The work agenda includes the preparation of a number of conceptualized, and in part of co-authored, analytical studies on topics ranging from examines the equity determinants to investigating the links between poverty, employment creation, and growth. Further, the work agenda comprises a number of human development dialogues for which we are inviting international experts and practioners to share their experiences about social policy reforms with the Turkish government and the wider academic and non-governmental public. This report examines life chances. Life chances for today Turkish people, most importantly future generation, today's children. The results presented in this report show that life chances differ in important dimensions today, and that Turkey could immensely improve its human and economic development potential by maximizing such opportunities.
Summary: | This report is a part of larger welfare
and social policy work agenda which the Turkish State
Planning Organization and the World Bank are carrying out
collaboratively. The work agenda includes the preparation of
a number of conceptualized, and in part of co-authored,
analytical studies on topics ranging from examines the
equity determinants to investigating the links between
poverty, employment creation, and growth. Further, the work
agenda comprises a number of human development dialogues for
which we are inviting international experts and practioners
to share their experiences about social policy reforms with
the Turkish government and the wider academic and
non-governmental public. This report examines life chances.
Life chances for today Turkish people, most importantly
future generation, today's children. The results
presented in this report show that life chances differ in
important dimensions today, and that Turkey could immensely
improve its human and economic development potential by
maximizing such opportunities. |
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