The Potential for Effective Regional Development Agencies in Turkey

A Comparative Analysis

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12575607
AutoresTrevor Young-Hyman (0000-0003-2111-3189, University of Wisconsin–Madison, autor correspondente)
Ano2008
Volume18
Fascículo4
Páginas375-402
Data de publicação2008-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRegional & Federal Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-7566 • E-ISSN: 1743-9434
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13597560802223953
OpenAlexW2024130300
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas23

Legislation passed in 2006 by the Turkish Parliament provided an opportunity to transition toward regionalized economic development through the establishment of a national system of semi-private Regional Development Agencies (RDA). This reform strategy is complicated by Turkey's highly centralized state tradition and the country's low level of economic development; characteristics which are seen as significant obstacles to vibrant regional economies. This paper uses the establishment of these RDAs as an opportunity to analyse the potential for successful regional economic development in Turkey and to further the general discussion of regional economic development in underdeveloped countries. First, the Turkish agencies are placed in an analytical context, based in European Union Regional Policy and the New Regionalism literature, and a relevant model of regional economic development effectiveness is defined. Secondly, cases of development agency establishment in comparable national contexts are identified in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic between 1993 and 1998. The final section analyses the Turkish RDAs and makes some predictions about factors that will either enable or inhibit their effectiveness. The paper concludes that in comparison to the regional development initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe, the Turkish RDAs have a unique potential to encourage regional economic growth

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