Roots & Impact

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 ...

The attached study by the Syrian Center for Policy Research provides an analytical impact assessment of the potential American strike on the scenarios of the crisis in Syria. The study complements continuous research efforts within the framework of “Exploring Alternative Solutions for the Syrian Crisis”, a project launched and implemented ...

This report is the first of five quarterly reports produced in cooperation between UNRWA and Syrian Center for Policy Research (SCPR). These aim to provide an on-going assessment of the socioeconomic landscape in Syria during the current crisis by using available official updates and utilizing econometric models to estimate other ...

This report aims to estimate the socioeconomic impact of the current crisis in Syria. In this regard, diagnosis of developmental roots of the crisis was conducted to develop an understanding of deficiencies that led to the current situation. Then, socioeconomic impact of the crisis has been analyzed and estimated during ...

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 ...