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The chapter provides a comprehensive analysis of Syria’s economic and social trends. Weak development was in place since the 1980s, and the introduction of gradual laissez-faire economic policies exacerbated the socioeconomic conditions, tarnishing the social contract that was in place. The Syrian people were aware that violent confrontation would impart heavy costs. No sooner than the peaceful demonstrations began, the external forces intervened to turn what was a peaceful protest into a militarised conflict.
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- 1.
The SCPR adjusted the deflator for the manufacturing sector; consequently the overall GDP growth rate for the period between 2001 and 2010 changed accordingly; see SCPR (2016a).
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See SCPR (2016b), Forced Dispersion.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Estimated expenditure in the general budget 2010, Central Bureau of Statistics 2011, Table 14/3.
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Author’s calculations based on data from Syria Statistical Abstracts, various years.
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Part of the “semi-public” expenditure is allocated to militaryexpenditure and the other part to services; see SCPR (2016a).
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The estimation is based on the newly calculated life tables that estimated life expectancy at birth in 2010 at 70.5 years (SCPR 2016a).
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Marzouk, N. (2019). The Syrian Conflict: Selective Socioeconomic Indicators. In: Matar, L., Kadri, A. (eds) Syria: From National Independence to Proxy War. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98458-2_6
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