This brief defines the powers responsible of “squandering humanity” in the Syrian crisis, these powers are internal (tyranny, fanaticism, and fundamentalism), and external including organizations, networks, countries, and groups. Moreover, the brief identifies these powers’ role in suppressing the inspiration of social powers seeking civil liberties, justice, dignity, welfare, and ...
Read More »Social Degradation in Syria
Social Degradation in Syria The Conflict Impact on Social Capital By Syrian Center for Policy Research The Social Degradation report explores the impact of the armed conflict in Syria on social relations. It uses the concept of social capital as an approach to analyzing trust, cooperation, and shared values. The ...
Read More »Forced Dispersion, Syrian Human Status: The Demographic Report 2016
The Forced Dispersion Report diagnoses population status in Syria before and during the crisis by adopting participatory rights-based approach. The report re-estimates key pre crisis demographic indicators, which allows for different understanding of the population challenges. During the crisis, and based mainly on the Population Status Survey 2014, which was ...
Read More »Confronting Fragmentation
Fragmentation, as the process of drastic shattering in the social, economic, political, and cultural structures within the society, is being ingrained by various internal and external subjugating powers disintegrating of country sovereignty and pushing the majority of people to act against their own good and against their future. The fragmentation ...
Read More »Sector structure of estimated total GDP loss 2011-2015
The main sectors contributing to accumulating GDP loss: internal trade, which lost SYP 967 billion and accounted for 23.2 per cent of the total GDP loss; the government services sector lost SYP 660 billion and accounted for 15.9 per cent of total GDP loss; the mining sector lost SYP 630 billion, making up 15.2 per cent of ...
Read More »SCPR Alienation and Violence Report 2014
The economy of violence flourished in Syria during 2014 as battles intensified, with reallocation of resources and capital to the machinery of war. This was accompanied with the expansion of black markets, the erosion of sovereignty and rule of law, increasing dependence upon external support, deepening economic exposure and loss ...
Read More »Multidimensional Child Deprivation in Syria 2001-2009
The report aims to measure and analyze the multidimensional child deprivation index in Syria that includes health, education, and standard of living dimensions, between 2001 and 2009. The analysis aims to diagnose the dynamics of child deprivation and to identify main challenges that face enhancement of children capabilities, potentials, well-being, ...
Read More »Multidimensional Poverty in Syria 2001-2009
The report uses a new methodology to measure Multidimensional Poverty Index, which assesses the deprivation of Syrian people in terms of standard of living, health, and education dimensions using ten main indicators. The methodology has many advantages like using micro data at the household level, as a unit of analysis, ...
Read More »Squandering Humanity: Socioeconomic Monitoring Report on Syria
Syria is facing one of the most severe development and humanitarian disasters in recent history. This has included not only the destruction of its economic, human, cultural and social capital but also the disputation of its national identity. This disaster is being fuelled and managed by formal and informal institutions ...
Read More »War on Development: socioeconomic monitoring report of Syria, second quarterly report (April – June 2013)
After 27 months, the calamitous armed-conflict in Syria continues unabated, while increasingly drawing regional and international players into its military maw. The peaceful demonstrations that erupted in southern Syria in early 2011 calling for civil liberties and for political, social and economic change were quickly thwarted by government forces. For ...
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