This document discusses data requirements for national policymaking in Turkey. It outlines the main administrative bodies that guide economic policy and the key policy documents they produce, including Development Plans, Medium Term Programs, and sectoral strategies. It also examines the types of statistics that are used in these documents, such as national accounts, employment, and banking data. The document identifies several areas where additional or improved data is needed, such as updated input-output tables, more disaggregated private sector investment and capital stock data, and addressing inconsistencies between different data producers.

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Data Requirements for National Policy
Needs in Turkish Economy
Ertan APAYDIN
MINISTRY of DEVELOPMENT
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• Main Administrative Bodies in the Economy,
• Main Policy Documents,
• Statistics used in Policy Documents by theme,
• Data Requirements for National Policy Needs in Turkish Economy.
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Main Administrative Bodies in the
Economy and Policy Documents
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Main Administrative Bodies
Main Bodies for Economic Policy Making and Coordination
High Planning Council Money, Credit and
Coordination Council
Economic and Social
Council
Chairman: Prime Minister
-Deputy Prime Minister
-Minister of Finance
-Minister of Science,
Industry and Trade
-Minister of Energy and
National Resources,
-Minister of Development,
-Minister of Economy,
Chairman: Deputy Prime
Minister
-Minister of Finance
-Minister of Economy
-Governor of CBRT
-Undersecretaries of MoD,
MoF, MoE
Representatives of
-Public Institutions
-Employers
-Workers
-Chambers of Occupation
-And other Civilian Society
Organizations
Economic Coordination
Council
Chairman: Deputy Prime
Minister
-Minister of Finance,
-Minister of Science, Industry
and Trade
-Minister of Energy and
National Resources,
-Minister of Development,
-Minister of Economy,

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Main Policy Documents
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Development Plan/Long Term Strategy
Medium Term
Program
SSectoral-Thematic
SStrategies
IInstitutional
SStrategic Plans
NNational Program
PPre-Accession
Economic Pr.
Annual Program
Investment Program
Medium Term Fiscal
Plan
BUDGET

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Tenth Development Plan
(2014-2018)
- Five-year documents (non rolling),
- Five-year macroeconomic policies and targets,
- Guides all macroeconomic, sectoral and regional policies and
implementations,
- Sets the general framework of economic, social and regional
indicative targets,
- Based on findings of the committees formed by
representatives of universities, public institutions, private
sector and NGO’s,
- Prepared by MoD; approved by the Parliament.

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2012 2013 2018 2014-2018
Main Economic Indicators
GDP Growth (%) 2,2 4,0 5,9 5,5
GDP (Billions of Dollar) 786,3 850,5 1.285,5 8,6
GDP Per Capita (Dollar) 10.504 11.183 15.996 7,4
CPI (12 Monthly Changes) 6,2 5,3 4,5 4,8
Production Factors (%)
Capital Stock 5,6 5,2 6,3 5,7
Employment 2,9 4,2 3,0 2,9
Total Factor Productivity -1,1 -0,5 1,2 1,1
Labor Market
Labor Force Participation Rate 50,0 51,1 53,8 52,6
Employment (Millions of Persons) 24,8 25,9 29,9 2,9
Employment Rate (%) 45,4 46,4 49,9 48,2
Unemployment Rate (%) 9,2 9,2 7,2 8,2
Tenth Development Plan

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MEDIUM TERM PROGRAM (MTP)
(Law No. 5018 / Art.16)
- Sets priorities, macroeconomic policies, targets and
projections,
- 3-year documents (yearly rolling),
- Program based approach,
- Covers all public sector institutions,
- Consistent with the Development Plan,
- Prepared by MoD with the collaboration of MoF,
Treasury and CBRT in the light of views of public
institutions and NGO’s,
- Approved by the Council of Ministers.

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MEDIUM TERM FISCAL PLAN (MTFP)
(Law No. 5018 / Art.16)
- Institutional budget appropriation proposal
ceilings ,
- 3-year documents (yearly rolling),
- Based on Medium Term Program,
- Prepared by MoF with the collaboration of MoD
and Treasury,
- Approved by the High Planning Council.

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ANNUAL PROGRAM
- Sets measures to implement the policies,
- Institutional responsibilities and timetable,
- Prepared by MoD,
- Approved by the Council of Ministers.

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BUDGET
- Rules regarding the implementation,
- Appropriations,
- Revenue estimations,
- Approved by the Parliament.
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PUBLIC INVESTMENT PROGRAM
- Project based distribution of investment
appropriations,
- Institutional distribution of investment
appropriations,
- Covers whole public sector,
- Indicates the total cost of all projects, as well as
individual projects,
- Indicates the total amount appropriated up to
present of all projects.

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Utilised and Required Statistics in
National level
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 National Accounts
 Foreign Trade and Factors Affecting the Foreign Trade
 Balance of Payment
 Public Balances
 Inflation, Price Statistics includes Agricultural Crop Prices
 Employment, Unemployment and Wages
 Population, Demography, Poverty Statistics
 Banking Sector Statistics (by BRSA) and Selected Monetary
Aggregates and Items in Central Bank Balance Sheet
 ICT Indicators
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Development Plan MTP Annual Program PEP
Statistics Used in Policy Documents by Theme(1)

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 World Economic Indicators, Competitiveness Ranking,
Business Climate Indicators, Patent Statistics
 Purchasing Power Parity
 Public Investment
 Debt Stock
 Sectoral Detailed Statistics
 Education and Health Statistics
 Turkey’s Official Development Assistance
 Judicial Statistics
 Regional Statistics
 Social Assistance Expenditures
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Development Plan MTP Annual Program PEP
Statistics Used in Policy Documents by Theme(2)

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WHAT WE NEED?(1)
1. The Supply-Use and Input-Output Tables Of The Turkish Economy (1973,
1979, 1985,1990,1998,2002) No data since 2002
2. Gross Domestic Product by Income Approach, No data since 2006
3. GNDI,Public and private sector disposable income, MoD statistics
4. Public and private sector saving rates, MoD statistics
5. A decomposition of private saving by households and by firms,
6. Sectoral breakdown of private sector investments. MoD statistics-10
sectors
7. Greenfield FDI statistics,
8. Sectoral breakdown of private sector capital stock.
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WHAT WE NEED?(2)
9. More detailed statistics, especially in national
account and labor force statistics,
10. More Back- Casted series.
11. More Seasonal and Calendar Adjusted Statistics
12. Harmonizing statistics between different data
producer institutions.
13. Because of data privacy policy, policy makers can
not reach some statistics.
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