01619cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009124 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451836301 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Syrian Arab Republic : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (61 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 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. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2006/295 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2006/295/002.2006.issue-295-en.xml IMF e-Library