{"id":403794,"date":"2026-02-25T16:21:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=403794"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:21:35","slug":"imf-sees-progress-in-syrias-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/imf-sees-progress-in-syrias-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF sees progress in Syria\u2019s economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Syria\u2019s economy is recovering at an accelerated pace at a time when consumer and investor confidence is on the rise. This is the assessment of a team from the International Monetary Fund (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMF<\/a>), which met with local authorities between February 15 and 19 in Damascus to evaluate economic performance data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the meetings, the mission chief, Ron van Rooden, issued a statement saying that economic growth is also the result of the easing of international sanctions against Syria as the country reintegrates into the regional and global economy. \u201cProgress toward national reconciliation, the continuing return of refugees, increased electricity provision and rainfall, and several large new investment projects bode well for growth prospects for 2026 and beyond,\u201d Rooden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fund\u2019s mission noted that this year\u2019s budget provides for a substantial increase in spending on Health and Education, as well as salary adjustments and infrastructure rehabilitation, and assessed that the country\u2019s revenue projections are \u201cambitious but feasible.\u201d The fund reported that local authorities acknowledge that social spending needs to be protected in any potential budget reallocations. A new government took office at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IMF staff team stated that it will be necessary to support the Central Bank of Syria in strengthening its independence and its ability to ensure price stability. The monetary authority, the fund noted, managed to maintain tight monetary control despite various constraints, resulting in a decline in the inflation rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/syria-welcomes-80-more-tourists-in-2025\/\">Syria welcomes 80% more tourists in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-403779\">\u00a9Mohammad Daher\/Nurphoto via AFP<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An International Monetary Fund staff team was in Damascus from February 15 to 19 to meet with local authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":403779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[1836,10545,1988,10014,9611],"class_list":{"0":"post-403794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-consumption","9":"tag-economy-en","10":"tag-imf","11":"tag-investment-en","12":"tag-syria-en"},"wps_subtitle":"An International Monetary Fund staff team was in Damascus from February 15 to 19 to meet with local authorities.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}