Poverty Inquiry Feb 29 2018
Question:
How has Turkey risen from poverty and how might the lessons they’ve learned be applied to help impoverished countries around the globe?
Sub Questions:
What was Turkey’s poverty situation before this?
Large poverty gap
No middle class-only rich and poor.
What were factors in Turkey’s decreasing poverty? modern law code education opportunities education for women
Reduced taxes on goods coming in; this got Turkey more trade with other countries
Reduced level of bureaucracy
Who were key people in this?
Mustafa Kemal
Middle Class
What are some problems that have occured?
High unemployment
Inflation of prices- prices nearly doubled in 1997
Country bought more goods from other countries
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Clothing, accessories (not knit or crochet): $6 billion (3.8%)
Articles of iron or steel: $5.6 billion (3.6%)
Plastics, plastic articles: $5.5 billion (3.5%)
Mineral fuels including oil: $4.3 billion (2.8%)
Turkey’s Top 15 Trading Partners
China: US$23.4 billion (10% of total Turkish exports)
Germany: $21.3 billion (9.1%)
Russia: $19.5 billion (8.3%)
United States: $11.9 billion (5.1%)
Italy: $11.3 billion (4.8%)
France: $8.1 billion (3.5%)
Iran: $7.5 billion (3.2%)
Switzerland: $6.9 billion (3%)
South Korea: $6.6 billion (2.83%)
United Kingdom: $6.5 billion (2.8%)
Spain: $6.4 billion (2.73%)
India: $6.2 billion (2.66%)
United Arab Emirates: $5.5 billion (2.4%)
Japan: $4.3 billion (1.8%)
Netherlands: $3.7 billion (1.6%)
Turkey’s Top 10 Imports
Mineral fuels including oil: US$37.2 billion (15.9% of total imports)
Machinery including computers: $27.2 billion (11.6%)
Electrical machinery, equipment: $21.2 billion (9%)
Gems, precious metals: $17.4 billion (7.5%)
Vehicles: $17.4 billion (7.5%)
Iron, steel: $16.8 billion (7.2%)
Plastics, plastic articles: $13.3 billion (5.7%)
Organic chemicals: $5.4 billion (2.3%)
Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $5 billion (2.1%)
Pharmaceuticals: $4.4 billion (1.9%)
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