Publications

The Syrian Center for Policy Research’s Consumer Price Index in Syria provides a complex index to monitor and analyze consumer prices, inflation and the cost of living at the level of local economies in all Syrian governorates across the different areas of control. It is the outcome of two years ...

The Syrian Center for Policy Research, in partnership with Ettijahat – Independent Culture and with the support of DROSOS Foundation, is pleased to share with you its recent report “On Protecting Imagination and Creativity: Needs Assessment of the Performing Arts Sector in Lebanon in Light of Accumulated Crises”. The Syrian ...

The “Hope under Siege” research aims at assessing each of the challenges that adolescents in Syria encounter in relation to education and ICT. The research assessed the realisation of adolescent girls’ and boys’ rights, and analysed key aspects of gender-based inequalities and abuses. It used qualitative methods to assess the ...

This paper seeks to explain the contradictory dynamics of institutional de-formalization and renormalization through a dynamic model that takes into account the joint impact of war, sanctions, and government policies on institutional transformation in Syria over the period 2011-2021 with a particular focus on the trade sector. The objective of ...

The aim of this paper is to provide an in-depth analysis of the relating dynamics of the Syrian conflict and the public health of the Syrian population. By using a hybrid framework based on capabilities and political economy approaches, it endeavors to distinguish between three examples of overlapping policies and ...

More than half of the Syrian population has been displaced as a result of war, this paper sets out to understand the scale of displacement, its distribution, as well as, its driving factors. This paper seeks to analyse the correlation between institutions, social capital, economic and so76cial variables with rates ...

The conflict in Syria, now completed its ninth year, has been catastrophic for the Syrian people and is widely recognized as one of the most devastating and intractable conflicts in decades due to its complexity. The conflict has also radically transformed Syria’s economy. In this research paper, we use a ...

Impact of Syrian Conflict Report May 2020 This report is part of a series of reports that provide multidimensional analyses of impacts of the armed conflict in Syria during the period 2011- 2019, examining the socioeconomic situation and institutional performance of the country during this time. This report, Justice to ...

To download the english version of the Report: The Syrian Center for Policy Research, an independent, non-profit research institution, launched the “Food Security and Conflict in Syria” report on Tuesday 14 May 2019 in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Health at the Faculty of Public Health Sciences in the ...

This report uses the Health Resources and services Availability Mapping System (HeRAMS) database to develop two composite indices – one for health centers and one for hospitals – in order to analyse and assess the health facilities’ performance across time and to evaluate the disparities among regions in the Syria ...