International Conference on Eurasian Economies
29-31 August 2016 – Kaposvár, HUNGARY
Paper detail
Paper ID : 1757
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Macroeconomics
Presenter: Mr. Hüseyin Çelik
Session : 1C Kalkınma I
Poverty and The Millennium Development Goals Between 1990-2015: The Case of Turkey
1990-2015 Yılları Arasında Bin Yıl Kalkınma Hedefleri ve Yoksulluk: Türkiye Örneği
- Mr. Hüseyin Çelik (Çukurova University, Türkiye)
- Ph.D. candidate Ahmet Duran Çelik (Mustafa Kemal University, Türkiye)
- Prof. Dr. Mahir Fisunoğlu (Çukurova University, Türkiye)
Abstract
As a definition; poverty is a situation that people’s basic needs are not being met to sustain their life which is many countries facing today. In recent years, fighting against poverty has become one of the most important issues in the world. One of the steps taken by the United Nations to fight against poverty is Millennium Development Goals. In 2000, a millennium development meeting took place with many countries’ participation in New York. During the meeting, many goals were set such as eliminating poverty and famine, decreasing child death, providing primary education for all and dealing with epidemic diseases. In this study, progress level of The Millennium Development Goals, the steps which have taken and their effects were examined in Turkey. Data was collected from UNDP and TSI (Turkish Statistical Institute). The millennium development goals globally have been reached at a certain level between 1990 and 2015. Today, primary school accessibility level is around 90% in developing countries. Even though poverty was reduced by half, there are still 1,2 billion people who live in extreme poverty. In Turkey, there have been promising developments towards Millennium Development Goals. While level of people who live under extreme poverty line (1$ per day) was 0,2% in 2002, this rate was decreased to 0% by 2006. The poverty rate (below 4,3 $ per capita per day) in 2014 was 1,62%, and primary school enrollment rate was 99%. In addition to this, mother and children death rate was largely decreased.
JEL codes: B22
Çelik, Hüseyin, Çelik, Ahmet Duran, Fisunoğlu, Mahir (2016). "Poverty and The Millennium Development Goals Between 1990-2015: The Case of Turkey" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2016, pp.336-341, Kaposvár, HUNGARY.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C07.01757
