nep-cwa New Economics Papers
on Central and Western Asia
Issue of 2023–02–20
five papers chosen by
Thomas Krichel, Open Library Society
  1. Entrepreneurship Policies of Central Asian Countries: The Cases of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan By Yelena Muzykina
  2. How and to What Extent is Current Entrepreneurship Policy Gendered in Kazakhstan? By Nurlykhan Aljanova
  3. The Intergenerational Consequences of Economic Distress: In-Utero Exposure to Financial Crises and Birth Outcomes By Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel; Seyit M. Cilasun; Erdal Tekin; Belgi Turan
  4. AgroPV's Potential Opportunities and Challenges in a Mediterranean Developing Country Setting: A Farmer's Perspective By Seven Agir; Pinar Derin Gure; Bilge Senturk
  5. Turkish Inflation, Private Debt & how to overcome it By Mahmood Abdullah
  1. By: Yelena Muzykina
    Date: 2023
    URL: https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:asx:nugsbd:2023-18
  2. By: Nurlykhan Aljanova
    Date: 2023
    URL: https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:asx:nugsbd:2023-16
  3. By: Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel; Seyit M. Cilasun; Erdal Tekin; Belgi Turan
    Abstract: This paper uses the severe economic crisis in Turkey in 2008 as a quasi-experiment to evaluate the impact of worsening economic conditions during pregnancy on birth outcomes. Exploiting the temporal and spatial variations in economic hardship across provinces, we show that the deep economic downturn led to significantly lower birth weight. Furthermore, these effects are mainly observed in children born to mothers with low socioeconomic status, suggesting that credit constraints may be a significant factor in the impact of economic crises on birth outcomes in Turkey. Our study also demonstrates that mothers residing in provinces significantly hit by the economic recession are more likely to have premature babies and shorter gestational lengths, both of which elevate the prevalence of lower birth weight newborns. Finally, our analysis illustrates that selective fertility, abortion, and neonatal mortality are more common during an economic downturn, and play a significant role in explaining the impact on birth outcomes in our context.
    JEL: I14 I15 J13
    Date: 2023–01
    URL: https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:30902
  4. By: Seven Agir (Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Ankara); Pinar Derin Gure (Middle East Technical University, Centre for Solar Energy and Research Applications, Ankara, Turkey); Bilge Senturk (Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Mugla)
    Abstract: Adopting agrophotovoltaic (AgroPV) systems involves many challenges, not only technical issues but also social and institutional challenges underlying insufficient social acceptance and institutional support. Using semi-structured interviews with the pioneer farmers, we explore the social and institutional challenges that may arise in implementing AgroPV systems in a developing country context-Turkiye-where there is currently no legislation on AgroPV. Still, the synergistic impact of AgroPV is highly probably due to climatic conditions in the Mediterranean setting. The pioneer farmers exhibit a highly positive attitude towards AgroPV systems reflecting that they recognize and highly value this synergistic potential. In particular, they are perceptive about how they may use AgroPV techniques to solve local problems, including those exacerbated by input dependency and climate change, beyond an abstract (economic or financial) opportunity dimension. In other words, there is a strong motivational drive for AgroPV given the challenges in Turkish agriculture; however, the weak institutional setting may channel farmers away from its adoption. Our interviews reveal that the institutional setting undermines predictability, which is vital in farmers' willingness and ability to participate in long-term, capital-intensive projects such as Agrivoltaics. Bureaucracy's distrust of potential investors, probably caused by low procedural capacity, seems to have bred a negative official attitude towards 'dual-use' innovations. This problem, in return, explains farmers' negative experiences, such as red tape in receiving licenses and permits, contributing to their doubts about sustained government support. Understanding this institutional setting is crucial for overcoming the bias towards developed countries in the literature and providing a more informed perspective before further legislative changes.
    Keywords: Agrivoltaics, solar energy, dual land use, agriculture, institutions, energy policy
    JEL: Q18 Q42 Q01
    Date: 2023–02
    URL: https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:met:wpaper:2301
  5. By: Mahmood Abdullah
    Abstract: The thing about inflation is that it ravages your income if you don not keep up with it and you do not know when it will stop.
    Date: 2023–01
    URL: https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2301.07064
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