TY  - BOOK
AU  - Devarajan,Shantayanan
AU  - Devarajan,Shantayanan
AU  - Mottaghi,Lili
TI  - Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor April 2016 : : Syria, Reconstruction for Peace 
T2  - Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - The World Bank
KW  - Civil war
KW  - Conflict
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Global
KW  - Growth
KW  - International community
KW  - Investment
KW  - Oil exporters
KW  - Oil imports
KW  - Oil prices
KW  - Peace
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Reconstruction
KW  - Refugees
KW  - Violence
KW  - Volatility
KW  - Middle East and North Africa
KW  - Syria
N2  - The short term economic outlook for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region remains "cautiously pessimistic". A combination of civil wars and refugee inflows, terrorist attacks, cheap oil, and subdued global economic recovery is expected to keep average growth in the MENA region around 3 percent in 2016, for the fourth year in a row. Furthermore, the humanitarian and economic situation in the war torn countries keep deteriorating. In this report we will explore ways in which a strategy of reconstruction of Syria-the most war-ravaged country in the region-could help foster a sustainable peace. This report argues that the impact of the civil war on the Syrian society will be persistent, and the challenges facing the country need to be addressed now. The report calls for the international community to be the guarantor of an inclusive reconstruction strategy that not only makes peace sustainable tomorrow, but makes it happen today: peace and reconstruction are two sides of the same coin
UR  - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-0907-1
ER  -