| Description |
1 online resource (29 pages) : color illustrations |
| Series |
IMF working paper ; WP/16/123 |
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IMF working paper ; WP/16/123.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Abstract; Syria's Conflict Economy; I. Before the Conflict; II. Five Years Into the Conflict; A. Syria's People; B. Syria's Economy; III. What are the Challenges in Rebuilding Syria?; A. Physical and Human Capital; B. Economic Reforms; IV. Conclusion; References; Boxes; 1. Syria's Divisions; 2. Damage Assessment for Selected Cities/Sectors; Figure; 1. Exports and Imports by Commodity 2010 Versus 2014; Tables; 1. Key Economic Indicators; 2. Real GDP and Composition; Appendix Tables; 3. Selected Economic Indicators; 4. Balance of Payments 2008-15 |
| Summary |
Five years into the ongoing and tragic conflict, the paper analyzes how Syria's economy and its people have been affected and outlines the challenges in rebuilding the economy. With extreme limitations on information, the findings of the paper are subject to an extraordinary degree of uncertainty. The key messages are: (1) that the devastating civil war has set the country back decades in terms of economic, social and human development. Syria's GDP today is less than half of what it was before the war started and it could take two decades or more for Syria to return to its pre-conflict GDP levels; and that (2) while reconstructing damaged physical infrastructure will be a monumental task, rebuilding Syria's human and social capital will be an even greater and lasting challenge |
| Notes |
"June 2016." |
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At head of title: International Monetary Fund, Middle East and Central Asia Department |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-26) |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from pdf title page (IMF.org Web site, viewed September 9, 2016) |
| Subject |
Economic development -- Syria
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Infrastructure (Economics) -- Syria
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Economic development
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Economic history
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Infrastructure (Economics)
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| SUBJECT |
Syria -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85131695
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Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012001320
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| Subject |
Syria
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kostial, Kristina, author, (IMF staff)
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International Monetary Fund, publisher.
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International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Department, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9781498336826 |
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1498336825 |
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