The Road to Economic Reform in Syria

Abstract

Noted Syrian political and economic analyst Samir Seifan provides an overview and assessment of the first five years of President Bashar al-Assad's program for economic reform. Seifan also examines the forces for—and obstacles to—reform in Syria and outlines in detail how the regime's goal of transition to a "social market economy" might best be achieved.

Contents:

Foreword—R. Hinnebusch.
The Reform Paradox in Syria—S. Seifan.
A Model for a Social Market Economy in Syria—S. Seifan.