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August 7, 2026Policy Design and PracticeOpen Access

The crowding in effect: how technical assistance expands advisory systems and builds policy capacity

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HBH. Tolga BölükbaşıABAHMET TARIK Biyiklioglu

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The article examines how EU technical assistance influences analytical policy capacity in Turkey, implying major insights for developing countries.

Key Points

  • This article explores the impact of expanded policy advisory systems on government analytical capacity in developing countries, focusing on Turkey.
  • Conducted semi-structured interviews with civil servants, international organization experts, and consultants
  • Analyzed legislative and programming documents
  • Investigated the effects of EU-funded technical assistance on analytical capacity
  • EU-IPA technical assistance produced a crowding-in effect on analytical capacity at individual, organizational, and systemic levels
  • Civil servants demonstrated significant improvement from weak knowledge to autonomous analytical competence
  • Expanded organizational information systems and a broader knowledge ecosystem made substantial gains

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Bölükbaşı et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a758b79847ab6d26c01edfehttps://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2026.2710926
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