Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 18

2-May-2005

syria

Syrian Premier Sees No Need To Dismantle Public Sector

Amid conflicting signals about the future direction of economic thinking in Syrian official circles, the Prime Minister Muhammad al-'Utari has stated that the government has no intention of privatizing the public sector, which has played an economic and social role in the past period. However there is a host of laws that gives the public sector wider margins and greater flexibility,...