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Publications
Development Analytics is committed to promoting the dissemination of knowledge relating to development issues.
A selection of our research is linked below. This includes policy reports presented for clients, academic reports undertaken with our partners and papers written for our own Development Analytics Research Paper Series.
Title | Type | Author | Policy area | Publishing date | Link |
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How to Estimate Heterogeneous Learning Losses due to School Closures: An Application Using PISA data in Türkiye | Academic Publications | Nazlı Aktakke, Meltem Aran, Emre Üçkardeşler, Pınar Kolancalı, Zehra Sena Kibar, and Hazal Çolak Öz | Education, COVID-19 | October / 2023 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4592198 |
Inequalities in the home learning environment during the pandemic: a closer look at Syrian refugee children’s home learning environment in Türkiye prior to COVID-19 | Academic Publications | Hazal Colak Oz, Meltem Aran, Nazli Aktakke, Emre Üçkardeşler, Yali Hajhassan | Education, Refugees | September / 2023 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17450128.2023.2254038 |
Documentation of Education Response in Türkiye during the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Effect on Children's Access to and Retention in Education | Policy Reports | Meltem Aran, Pınar Kolancalı, Nazlı Aktakke, Zehra Sena Kibar, Hazal Çolak, Yali Hajhassan | Education, COVID-19 | January / 2023 | https://www.unicef.org/turkiye/media/15951/file/Documentation%20of%20Education%20Response%20in%20T%C3%BCrkiye%20during%20the%20COVID-19%20Pandemic.pdf |
School dropout prediction and feature importance exploration in Malawi using household panel data: machine learning approach | Academic Publications | Hazal Colak Oz, Çiçek Güven, Gonzalo Nápoles | Education | December / 2022 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42001-022-00195-3 |
Cash Transfers: Learning from the EU Programme in
Turkey | Academic Publications | Meltem A Aran, Nazli Aktakke, Hazal Colak and Gokce Baykal | Refugees, Poverty, Cash Transfers | March / 2022 | https://www.fmreview.org/climate-crisis/aran-aktakke-colak-baykal |
Evaluative Learning Study for Phase III of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) Assistance for Refugees in Türkiye | Policy Reports | Meltem A. Aran, Nazli Aktakke, Gokce Baykal, Zehra Sena Kibar, Yali Hajhassan, Tugce Kilic | Refugees, Poverty, Cash Transfers | September / 2022 | https://reliefweb.int/report/turkiye/evaluative-learning-study-phase-iii-emergency-social-safety-net-essn-assistance-refugees-turkiye |
Does Quality Matter in Determining Child Care Prices? Evidence from Private Child Care Provision in Turkey | Academic Publications | Didem Pekkurnaz, Meltem A. Aran, Nazli Aktakke | Child care | September / 2021 | https://ijccep.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40723-021-00088-4 |
How to Assess the Child Poverty and Distributional Impact of COVID-19 Using Household Budget Surveys: An Application Using Turkish Data | Academic Publications | Meltem A. Aran, Nazli Aktakke, Zehra Sena Kibar, Emre Üçkardeşler | Poverty, COVID-19 | August / 2021 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41287-021-00451-8 |
Strategic Mid-term Evaluation of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey. Volume II: Sector Report on
Protection | Policy Reports | Julian Murray, Hazal Colak, Nazli Aktakke, Yali Hajhassan | Refugees, Protection | June / 2021 | https://reliefweb.int/report/turkey/strategic-mid-term-evaluation-facility-refugees-turkey-2016-20192020 |
Strategic Mid-term Evaluation of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey. Volume II: Sector Report on
Socio-economic Support | Policy Reports | Francis Watkins, Meltem Aran, Gökçe Baykal, Nazli Aktakke, Lewis Sida, Tom Barton | Refugees, Socio-economic Support | June / 2021 | https://reliefweb.int/report/turkey/strategic-mid-term-evaluation-facility-refugees-turkey-2016-20192020 |
Strategic Mid-term Evaluation of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey. Volume II: Sector Report on
Health | Policy Reports | Elizabeth Dyke, Safir Sumer, Hazal Colak, Yali Hajhassan | Refugees, Health | June / 2021 | https://reliefweb.int/report/turkey/strategic-mid-term-evaluation-facility-refugees-turkey-2016-20192020 |
Strategic Mid-term Evaluation of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey. Volume II: Sector Report on
Education | Policy Reports | Christopher Talbot, Nazlı Aktakke, Hazal Colak, Yali Hajhassan | Refugees, Education | June / 2021 | https://reliefweb.int/report/turkey/strategic-mid-term-evaluation-facility-refugees-turkey-2016-20192020 |
Strategic Mid-term Evaluation of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey. Volume I: Main Report | Policy Reports | Lewis Sida, Julian Murray, Meltem Aran, Christopher Talbot, Elizabeth Dyke, Nur Abdelkhaliq Zamora and Francis Watkins, Gökçe Baykal, Safir Sumer, Nazli Aktakke, Hazal Colak, Yali Hajhassan | Refugees, Evaluation | June / 2021 | https://reliefweb.int/report/turkey/strategic-mid-term-evaluation-facility-refugees-turkey-2016-20192020 |
Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods Used in Development Projects: A Handbook for Civil Society Organizations | Academic Research & Publications | Aylin Topal | Research Methods | October / 2020 | https://b50852f2-fdef-42e1-adf9-b42650e2a9fc.filesusr.com/ugd/b70f3f_3bb8e1e5fdd247f2b5dd32b44c664466.pdf |
Harnessing the Power of Youth: An Analysis of Youth Not-in-Employment, Education or Training (NEET) in Turkey and Policies and Civil Society Models that Promote Active Youth Engagement | Policy Reports | Nazli Aktakke, Hazal Colak, Zeynep Baser, Sena Buyukavci, Cagla Tabak | Youth | October / 2020 | https://b50852f2-fdef-42e1-adf9-b42650e2a9fc.filesusr.com/ugd/b70f3f_6f620347fb334d4e84959b06161abd2a.pdf |
Estimating the Impact of COVID-19 on Child Poverty in Georgia using a Micro-Simulation Model | Policy Reports | Meltem Aran, Nazli Aktakke, Cagla Tabak | Poverty, Impact of COVID 19, Microsimulations, Cash transfers | August / 2020 | https://www.unicef.org/georgia/media/4871/file/COVID-19%20impact%20on%20child%20poverty%20in%20Georgia.pdf |
ESSN Mid-term Review Report | Policy Reports | Nick Maunder, Karin Seyfert, Meltem Aran, Nazli Aktakke | Refugees, cash transfers | February / 2020 | https://reliefweb.int/report/turkey/essn-mid-term-review-20182019-february-2020 |
Can Father Training Programmes Help Reduce Gender-Based Violence: Lessons from a Parenting Intervention in Turkey | Development Analytics Research Paper Series | O. Gokce Baykal, Meltem A. Aran, Nazli Aktakke | Gender and Women's Empowerment | July / 2019 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID3425952_code1164664.pdf?abstractid=3425952&mirid=1 |
Life in Transition Survey- Gender Analysis and Gender Modules | Policy Reports | Nazli Aktakke (Development Analytics), Meltem Aran (Development Analytics), Ana Maria Munoz Boudet | Gender and Women's Empowerment | August / 2017 | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/292661555050624619/pdf/Gender-Relations-in-Europe-and-Central-Asia-Results-from-the-Life-in-Transition-Survey-Third.pdf |
Decentralised Evaluation of the ECHO funded Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) in Turkey | Policy Reports | Nick Maunder, Team Leader; Karin Seyfert; Meltem Aran; Gökçe Baykal; Marta Marzi, Gabrielle Smith | Refugees, cash transfers | April / 2018 | https://www1.wfp.org/publications/turkey-echo-funded-emergency-social-safety-net-evaluation |
Final Evaluation: “Father Training for Violence-Free Families” (Turkey) | Evaluation reports | Meltem Aran, Nazli Aktakke, Gokce Baykal, Danya Chudacoff, Ulas Sunata, Cengiz Ciftci | Gender and Women's Empowerment | March / 2014 | http://www2.unwomen.org/-/media/field%20office%20untf/publications/2018/evaluation%20digital%20library/5%20turacevfecompressed.pdf?la=en&vs=5248 |
Supply and Demand for Child Care Services in Turkey: A Mixed Methods Study | Policy Reports | The World Bank and Ministry of Family and Social Policy of Turkey | Early Childhood Education and Care | September / 2015 | https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/114451467999711217/supply-and-demand-for-child-care-services-in-turkey-a-mixed-methods-study |
Improving Basic Services Delivery for the Poor in the OIC Member Countries | Policy Reports | Ministry of Development of Turkey, COMCEC Coordination Office | Poverty, Inequality and Welfare | September / 2015 | https://www.sbb.gov.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Improving_Basic_Services_Delivery_for_the_Poor_in_the_OIC_Member_Countries.pdf |
Turkey on the Way of Universal Health Coverage Through the Health Transformation Program (2003-13) | Policy Reports | The World Bank Group | Health Policy & Equity | September / 2014 | https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/21059 |
Good Jobs in Turkey | Policy Reports | The World Bank Group | Youth, Skills and Employment | November / 2013 | https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22568 |
Recent Trends in Female Labour Force Participation in Turkey | Academic Research & Publications | Arzu Uraz, Meltem A. Aran, Müşerref Hüsamoğlu, Dilek Okkalı Şanalmış, Sinem Capar | Youth, Skills and Employment | March / 2010 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2283112 |
Education of Disadvantaged Children in the OIC: the Key to Escape from Poverty | Policy Reports | OIC | Poverty, Inequality and Welfare | October / 2017 | http://ebook.comcec.org/Kutuphane/Icerik/Yayinlar/Analitik_Calismalar/Yoksullugun_Azaltilmasi/Toplanti10/index.html |
Measuring Inequality of Opportunity with Imperfect Data: The Case of Turkey | Academic Research & Publications | Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Jeremie Gignoux , Meltem A. Aran | Poverty, Inequality and Welfare | February / 2010 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1559721 |
Supporting Access to and Retention in Employment for Women by Enhancing Child Care Services in Turkey | Policy Reports | Agence Française de Développement | Youth, Skills & Employment | May / 2016 | http://librairie.afd.fr/en/nt-16-child-care-turkey/ |
Women and Health: Analysis of the Economic Value of Informal Health Care by Women in Turkey | Academic Research & Publications | Harvard School of Public Health and the LANCET Commission on Women’s Health | Gender and Women's Empowerment ,Health Policy & Equity | September / 2013 | http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60497-4/abstract |
Universal Health Coverage in Turkey: enhancement of equity | Academic Research & Publications | Rifat Atun, Sabahattin Aydin, Sarbani Chakraborty, Safir Sumer, Meltem Aran, Ipek Gurol, Serpil Nazlioglu, Senay Ozgulcu, Ulger Aydogan, Banu Ayar, Ugur Dilmen, Recep Akdag | Health Policy & Equity | June / 2013 | http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)61051-X/abstract |
Can Regulations Make It More Difficult to Serve the Poor? The Case of Childcare Services in Istanbul, Turkey | Other Academic Research & Publications | Meltem A. Aran, Ana Maria Munoz Boudet, Nazli Aktakke | Poverty, Inequality and Welfare,Early Childhood Education and Care | November / 2016 | http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/jZMTqaTCI2yXeQkArIve/full |
Building an ex-ante simulation model for estimating the capacity impact, benefit incidence, and cost effectiveness of child care subsidies in Turkey | Other Academic Research & Publications | Meltem A. Aran, Ana Maria Munoz Boudet, Nazli Aktakke | Early Childhood Education and Care | November / 2018 | https://ijccep.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40723-018-0052-3 |
Protection in Good and Bad Times? The Turkish Green Card Health Program | Academic Research & Publications | Meltem A. Aran, Jesko Hentschel | Health Policy & Equity | August / 2012 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2133813 |
Poverty and Inequality Changes in Turkey (2003-2006) | Academic Research & Publications | Meltem A. Aran, Sırma Demir, Özlem Sarıca, Hakan Yazici | Poverty, Inequality and Welfare | March / 2010 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2282455 |
Impact Evaluation Methods in Evaluating Development Programmes and Applications from Turkey | Academic Research & Publications | Dr. Meltem Aran, Dr. Güneş Aşık, Dr. Gökçe Baykal, Dr. İrem Güçeri, Dr. Murat Kırdar, Dr. Beyza Polat, Nazlı Aktakke. | Early Childhood Education and Care | August / 2017 | https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/b70f3f_8b148f11f4f94497b74b9cff9a94b84c.pdf |
Maternal and Child Health in Turkey Through the Health Transformation Program | Development Analytics Research Paper Series | Meltem A. Aran, Nazlı Aktakke, İpek Gürol, Rıfat Atun | Early Childhood Education and Care,Gender and Women's Empowerment ,Health Policy & Equity | December / 2015 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2701839 |
Women's Invisible Contribution: Quantifying the Economic Value of Women's Unpaid Care Activities in Turkey and Policy Options to Reduce Women's Care Burden | Development Analytics Research Paper Series | Meltem A. Aran, Nazlı Aktakke | Gender and Women's Empowerment | June / 2016 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2798620 |
Benefit Incidence of Fuel Subsidies in Madagascar and Recommendation for Child-Friendly Allocations | Development Analytics Research Paper Series | Meltem A. Aran, Nazlı Aktakke, Martin C. Evans | Early Childhood Education and Care | July / 2016 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2817364 |
Welfare Impact of the Global Economic Crisis of 2008-2009 on Turkish Households: Evidence from a Specialized Monitoring Survey in 7 Provinces | Development Analytics Research Paper Series | Meltem A. Aran | Poverty, Inequality and Welfare | February / 2013 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2281828 |
Agricultural Technology Diffusion in a Post-Conflict Setting: Evidence from an Experimental Study in Eastern Turkey | Development Analytics Research Paper Series | Meltem A. Aran | Sustainability, Agriculture and Rural Development | January / 2013 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2281668 |
Early Childhood Health and Education Outcomes and Children's Exposure to Multiple Risks in Turkey | Development Analytics Research Paper Series | Meltem A. Aran, Cristobal Ridao-Cano | Health Policy & Equity | September / 2014 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2333443 |
Inequality of Opportunity in Access to Basic Services Among Egyptian Children | Development Analytics Research Paper Series | Meltem A. Aran, Lire Ersado | Poverty, Inequality and Welfare | July / 2013 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2292461 |
A Methodology Note on the Employment and Welfare Impacts of the 2007-08 Financial Crisis | Development Analytics Research Paper Series | Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad, Meltem A. Aran, Mehtabul Azam, Jesko Hentschel | Poverty, Inequality and Welfare | June / 2013 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2286698 |
Socioeconomic Impact of Mining Activity: Effects of Gold Mining on Local Communities in Tanzania and Mali | Development Analytics Research Paper Series | Beyza Polat, Nazlı Aktakke, Meltem A. Aran, Andrew Dabalen, Punam Chuhan-Pole, Aly Sanoh | Poverty, Inequality and Welfare,Sustainability, Agriculture and Rural Development | October / 2014 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2533961 |
Can Child Care Vouchers Get Turkish Mothers Back to Work? Estimating the Employment and Redistributionary Impact of a Demand Side Child Care Subsidy in Turkey | Development Analytics Research Paper Series | Meltem A. Aran, Herwig Immervoll, Cristobal Ridao-Cano | Early Childhood Education and Care,Gender and Women's Empowerment | October / 2014 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2533946 |
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