REGIONAL IMBALANCES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES

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DOI 10.3726/b16971

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About the author

The Editor
Haktan Sevinç is an Associate Professor of International Economics at the Ig˘dır University in Turkey. He holds a PhD from the Atatürk University in Turkey, where he works at the International Economics and Regional Development. His research interests include regional development, investment incentives and political economics.

About the book

Haktan Sevinç (ed.)

Regional Imbalances
and Regional Development Policies :
Turkey Experience Volume I

The book discusses regional imbalances and regional development policies. It investigates the factors that cause regional imbalances. It concludes that Turkey’s policies to address regional imbalances do not meet their end and Turkey should devise more effective regional development policies.

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Introduction Region, Regional Imbalance and Regional Development Policies

Sabri Azgün, Berna Ak Bingül and Demet Eroğlu Sevinç

Chapter 1 Regional Income Inequality and Its Measurement

Sertaç Hopoğlu and Demet Eroğlu Sevinç

Chapter 2 Regions and Sustainable Development

Nazım Çatalbaş

Chapter 3 The Relationship Between Regional Development and Regional Development Agencies

Emine Demet Ekinci Hamamcı

Chapter 4 The Innovation Systems from National to Regional Level: The Role of RIS in the Regional Development

İdil Gülnihal Yazici

Chapter 5 The Process of Regional Development in Turkey and the Interaction of Non-governmental Organizations

Esra Doğan

Chapter 6 The Impact of the Change in the Investment Incentive System Application in Turkey on Regional Income Convergence