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This chapter describes and discusses the linkages between the higher education sector and the labour market in the Syrian Arab Republic (henceforth Syria). It opens with an overview of the Syrian political and economic background that has its impact on career guidance services offered in the sector. This has to be taken into consideration in light of the movement in the Syrian economy towards a social market economy resulting in a focus on the demand side of the labour market in the economic development.
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Diab, B., Barakat, N. (2017). Career Services in Syrian Higher Education. In: Sultana, R.G. (eds) Career Guidance and Livelihood Planning across the Mediterranean. EMCER. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-992-8_15
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