Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 25

20-June-2005

syria

Syrian Ba'th Party Adopts Social Market Economy Model

The 10th Congress of Syrias ruling Ba'th party concluded its four-day meeting in Damascus on 9 June with the issue of recommendations stressing the importance of continuing with economic, social and administrative reforms. In particular the congress adopted the concept of a social market economy a mixed economic system which, according to Ba'thist economic ideology, essentially...