TY  - BOOK
ED  - International Monetary Fund.
TI  - Syrian Arab Republic: Selected Issues
T2  - IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report
SN  - 1451836309 :
SN  - 1934-7685
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - International Monetary Fund
KW  - Budget Balance
KW  - imf
KW  - Budget
KW  - Debt
KW  - Deficit
KW  - Revenues
KW  - Syrian Arab Republic
N2  - Syria faces two interrelated medium-term challenges posed by the prospective decline in its oil reserves. The recently approved five-year plan (FYP) laid down a comprehensive strategy to address these challenges. Syria's public finances are headed for challenging times in the coming 10-15 years. Large fiscal deficits have marked the economic history of many developed and developing countries alike during the 1970s and 1980s, with damaging consequences to their economies. Although financial markets can help keep the deficit bias in check, market discipline has proved mostly inadequate
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