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The Syrian government has had a dual approach to its wartime economy, intervening when necessary but often adopting a laissez-faire stance towards traders.
Food security has been eroded in Syria over the last few years, with production of main crops falling by varying degrees mainly due to the impact of the conflict on fertilizers, the disruption of trade routes, and the reduction of subsidies on fuel.
A look at how to sever the link between criminality and conflict in Syria.
While financial awareness and education have a long way to go before Syria’s financial sector can reach its true potential, the country was and remains underbanked and underinsured by all measures.
It is useful to consider what processes are implicated in the ongoing reconstruction experiences of Iraq and Lebanon and what, in turn, these experiences can reveal about the Syrian case moving forward.
Alongside the impact of the civil war taking place in Syria, the mass displacement of Syrians since 2011 is widely acknowledged as the most severe and pressing humanitarian catastrophe today.
The Syrian Economic Reconstruction Project run by the Carnegie Middle East Center in 2013–2014 sought to draw on past experience to anticipate and help map the social, political, and institutional dynamics that will be generated when postconflict reconstruction begins in Syria—and that will profoundly shape the country.
Over twenty Syrian economists, business analysts, and finance sector practitioners took part in a series of brainstorming sessions or contributed discussion papers, some of which are posted here.