This 2001 edition of OECD's period review of Turkey's economy includes special features on policy in light of the end-2000 financial crisis, fiscal policy, the structural reform program, and policy implications of the 1999 earthquake.
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SPECIAL FEATURES Managing Earthquake Risk Disinflation Programme
Policy Reassessment in Light of the End-2000 Financial Crisis Pre-Crisis Assessment and Recommendations I. Achieving Growth with Disinflation -From Recession to Recovery: An Improving Economic Outlook -The Role of Monetary Policy in the New Disinflation Strategy -The Adjustment Process: Progress and Risks -Growth Prospects for 2001 and the Medium-Term II. Fiscal Policy: Stabilisation and Reform -Introduction and Review -Restoring Budgetary Stability -Debt Developments and Budget Financing -Fiscal Restraint and the 2001 Budget -Correcting Deficiencies in Fiscal Management -Assessing the Fiscal Consolidation Process III. The Structural Reform Programme -Growth, the Labour Market, and Income Distribution -Agricultural Reform -Privatisation and Liberalisation in the Utilities Sector -Banking Sector Reform -Social Security Reform -Human Capital Development IV. Policy Implications of the 1999 Earthquakes -Background -Economic Impact of the Disaster -Regulatory Issues: Towards More Effective Governance -Enlarging the Scope for Market Driven Economic Development -Summing Up: Implications for Future Disaster Readiness
