Four roundtable meetings were conducted in the Syrian Center for Policy Research during three days between 28 and 30 January 2013. The first meeting included members from steering committee of SCPR in addition to a number of socioeconomic experts. The second meeting included academic members, the third one conducted with ...

The political movement, sparked off in Syria in March 2011 with the main demand being political freedoms, is an indication that the society has reached unacceptable stages of institutional, economic and social development. This paper highlights the economic factors affecting such movement from a comprehensive development perspective. Authors Rabie Nasser ...

SCPR team participated in the “Arab Spring Economies” regional forum, Held in Dead Sea, Jordan, 17-18 December 2012 Location: Dead Sea, Jordan Date: 17-18 December 2012 Theme: economic

Experts meetings and Workshops Workshops series on the roots and impact of the Syrian crisis, conducted before the report launch Workshop on Institutional Pillar A number of experts have met in the 30th of August 2012 at the Syrian Center for Policy Research to discuss the institutional pillar of the ...

Experts meetings and Workshops Workshops series on the roots and impact of the Syrian crisis, conducted before the report launch   Workshop on Social Pillar A number of experts have met in the 28th of August 2012 at the Syrian Center for Policy Research to discuss the social pillar of ...

Workshop on Economic Pillar A number of economic experts have met in the 26th of August 2012 at the Syrian Center for Policy Research to discuss the economic pillar of the crisis. This meeting was a part of the “technical phase” for the “Syrian Crisis: Alternative Solutions” project. This phase ...

A decrease of the investment and particularly public investment contribution to economic growth, and the relatively high contribution of the private consumption affected by the consumption of Iraqi families since HIES showed a decrease in Syrian households spending between 2004 and 2009.  

The weak contribution of real sectors such as agriculture and industry in the economic growth between 2001 and 2010. Whereas, wholesale and retail trade and government services were the main drivers of growth.  

Syria achieved a relatively high economic growth rate with an average of 4.45% between 2001 and 2010. The main source of economic growth is capital accumulation, whereas, labor and human capital have a relatively weak contribution.  

The structural economic, social, and institutional distortions led for Syria to relative decrease in GDP per capita and Human Development Index comparing to a number of Arab countries in addition to Turkey and Malaysia. This has reflected in a frustration among Syrians and particularly among youth.