Analysis: experiences of economic transition in post-assad Syria

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Following the fall of the Assad regime, considerable attention has focused on sanctions relief, attracting international investment and reintegrating Syria into the global financial system after decades of isolation. While these steps are vital to rebuilding Syria’s economy, their anticipated effects have so far been slow to materialise and have not necessarily translated into meaningful improvements in the day-to-day economic conditions of most Syrians. Against this backdrop, Syria entered a complex economic transition and period of restructuring. Many goods and services became more readily a…