Analysis: It?s a long way to Copenhagen ? Turkey?s membership of and convergence with the European Union
by acturca
EurActiv, Friday 24 March 2006
In this CEPS policy brief, Willem Buiter, Professor of European Political Economy at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science, argues that, with the right institutions and policies, Turkey could become a true tiger economy. But with the institutions and policies of the second half of the 20th century, it could end up a mangy cat instead of a tiger. This policy brief is motivated by some rather optimistic official reports and especially by the World Bank?s recent Country Economic Memorandum for Turkey, ?Promoting Sustained Growth and Convergence with the European Union?.