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Export-Led Growth: 1980- Onwards. 1980 1983 1989 2011 Outward Orientation Financial Liberalization. Economy at 1970’s:. High inflation 1957-58: 20-25% 1970’s : 75-80 % Unsustainable trade deficits 1950’s: 300-400 million US$
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Export-Led Growth: 1980- Onwards 1980 1983 1989 2011 Outward Orientation Financial Liberalization
Economy at 1970’s: • High inflation • 1957-58: 20-25% • 1970’s : 75-80 % • Unsustainable trade deficits • 1950’s: 300-400 million US$ • 1970’s: 2500 million US$ • High unemployment rates • 1972: 13,3% • 1983: 16%
Economy at 1970’s: • External factors: • Increases in oil prices (OPEC) • Economic crises in trade partners • The collapse of the Bretton-Woods system • Cyprus operation • New trends in the world: • USAReaganomics • UK Thatcherism
Economy at 1970’s: • Government Policies: • Industrialization: • Consumption goods Etatism period • Durable consumption goodsPlanned economy • Intermediate goods • Investment goods • Stabilization efforts
Structural Adjustment Program:January 24, 1980 • Prepared by Turgut Özal (Undersecretary of the Prime Minister) under the control of IMF. • Prime Ministers: • 1980-83: Bülent Ulusu (Military Rule) • 1983-87: Turgut Özal (Anavatan Party) • 1987-89: Turgut Özal (Anavatan Party)
Structural Adjustment Program:January 24, 1980 • General Principles: • Long-term economy policy • To end economic crisis in the short-run • Structural change in the long-run • Free Market Economy • Price Mechanism • Decresing role of government • Export-led Growth
Structural Adjustment Program: Policies • 1. Pricing • Goods and services market • Labor market • Money market • Foreign exchange market
Structural Adjustment Program: Policies • 2. Outward Orientation • Export promotion • Exchange rate policy • Export tax rebate system • Cash premiums • Export credits • Import liberalization
Structural Adjustment Program: Policies • 3. Foreign Investment Expectation • 4. Public Sector Reform • To broaden the tax base • Rationalization of public investments • To improve the functioning of the PEEs • Privatization