Martin Raiser

Turkey ranks 55 out of 189 countries in the World Bank’s latest annual Ease of Doing Business report, dropping four spots from last year mainly due to the rise in company registration fees Turkey ranked 55 out of the 189 countries surveyed for the World Bank’s latest annual Ease of Doing Business report, dropping four spots from last year.

The Turkey director of the World Bank, Martin Raiser, has advised Turkey to engage in parallel negotiations with the U.S. in order to prevent adverse effects of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Turkey has a number of advantages that make it attractive for investors, including its young population, high growth potential, and rich entrepreneurial culture, the World Bank’s Turkey Director Martin Raiser has said

The EU and Turkey should accelerate accession talks and enhance communication over Customs Union scheme, says World Bank Turkey Director Martin Raiser

Turkey’s first quarter data has surprised Turkey’s director for the World Bank.

“We did not expect growth to maintain such momentum and we were encouraged by the strong performance of net exports,” Martin Raiser told me in the interview we had recently.

“I have rarely been to a country where everyone is so consummated by politics; that’s wonderful. Turks love to talk politics, but as an economist, I focus on the structural side of the economy and we accept the environment as it is.”

This is the answer I received from Word Bank Turkey director Martin Raiser.

Compared to the drive of the first half of the 2000s, Turkey is exhibiting a slower pace of reform, according to the World Bank’s Turkey director.