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Northern Cyprus" 30 , the Turkish-Cypriot economy will be referred to as such, or
simply as the north or northern Cyprus after 1974.
The Republic of Cyprus will be considered first because there is more and better
data, and some secondary literature available to researchers in London. This chapter
serves as a broad introduction to the literature, the région and the period, whilst the
next chapter concentrâtes on developments in the internationally recognised
Republic of Cyprus and the (Greek Cypriot) Government controlied parts of the
island. The following two chapters depend on more primary research and look at
developments beyond the scope of the Republic, that is the development and growth
of a separate Turkish-Cypriot economy.
Chapter 5 begins with simple hypothesis testing, the use of primary data to test the
conclusions of other research; who or what provided the recovery mechanism for
post (1974) war growth. This chapter will combine sectoral analysis with a
preliminary examination of the rôle of the state in the re-establishment of private
investment confidence. Though seemingly incongruous, the link between the
construction industry in the south and export agriculture in the north is more than
simply blind theoretics; the State is said to have re-allocated human resources
displaced from the latter to the former in the south. In many ways, this historical
process picks up the threads of long term themes addressed in earlier chapters,
30 Because the Republic of Cyprus (the Greek Cypriot, southern part of the island) is the only
internationally recognised government of the island (by the UN, IBRD, IMF etc.) it is customary to
refer to the northern, Turkish Cypriot "state" within inverted comas.
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