2026-07-01http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/410406In the past decade, Turkey has experienced a notable level of poverty reduction at all levels (extreme poor, poor, and vulnerable). The steady decline in poverty was also resilient to the decline in gross domestic product per capita growth during the crisis. However, although poverty convergence was strong before the financial crisis, there was an absence of regional convergence afterward. This paper analyzes poverty trends, poverty convergence, economic mobility, and the determinants of poverty reduction at the regional level over the period 2006–13. The analysis finds that agricultural growth in the east was an important contributor to Turkey's regional poverty reduction. In additionally, employment growth in the services sectors boosted poverty reduction throughout the entire country. From a fiscal perspective, the amount of per capita central spending is also linked to poverty reduction, although more strongly for regions in the west.application/pdftext/plainCC BY 3.0 IGOhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/World BankPOVERTY POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYREGIONAL PERSPECTIVEAGRICULTURAL GROWTHPOVERTY LINEIMPACT ON POVERTYECONOMIC GROWTHREGIONAL DUMMYPOVERTY LEVELSMOUNTAINOUS REGIONSINCOME POVERTYREGIONAL GROUPINGSINCOMESCHOOLINGPOVERTY INDICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY RATESINCOME REGIONSEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESREGIONAL LEVELAGRICULTURAL SECTORSHOUSINGPOORER REGIONSNATIONAL POVERTYPOVERTY GAP INDEXREGIONAL HUBINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINESSOCIAL ASSISTANCEMEASURESPOVERTY MEASURESDRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTIONHOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICSREGIONAL GROWTHREGIONPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRODUCTION PROCESSREGIONAL POVERTYHOUSEHOLD HEADPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY REDUCINGPOLITICAL CONSTRAINTSMOUNTAINOUS AREASTRANSFERSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEPOVERTY STATUSESTIMATES OF POVERTYCHRONIC POVERTYCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL PROTECTIONCONSUMPTION POVERTYCHANGES IN POVERTYREGIONAL DISPARITIESREGIONAL VARIATIONREGIONAL POPULATIONWELFARE QUINTILESCOPING MECHANISMSUNEMPLOYMENTPOVERTY LINESCONSUMPTIONHUMAN CAPITALSOCIAL SPENDINGREGIONAL VARIATIONSECONOMIC SURVEYSPOVERTY INDEXREDUCTION IN POVERTYREGIONAL DIFFERENCESREGIONAL CENTERSPOVERTY MAPPINGSUSTAINABLE GROWTHAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENTREGIONAL PATTERNREGIONAL ACTIVITIESABSOLUTE POVERTYAGRICULTURAL SECTORRURALREGIONAL INTERACTIONPOVERTY HEADREGIONAL TARGETINGPOVERTY REDUCTION IMPACTTARGETING MECHANISMSPOVERTY LEVELPRIVATE TRANSFERSEMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTUREINSURANCESOCIAL CAPITALTARGETINGAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSWELFARE MEASURESCOASTAL REGIONSREGIONSREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGYEXTREME POVERTYSPATIAL VARIATIONSACCESS TO SERVICESREGIONAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL AREASPOVERTYABSOLUTE TERMSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYDECLINE IN POVERTYPOVERTY DYNAMICSREGIONAL INCOMEPOOR REGIONSPOVERTY RATEPOORMEDITERRANEAN REGIONPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ANALYSISCENTRAL REGIONSDETERMINANTS OF POVERTYREGIONAL CONVERGENCEINEQUALITYPOVERTY INCREASEWorking Paper