r/syriancivilwar • u/edwardthe3rd188 • 2d ago

Licensing.

So about buisness licensing , the goverment in the beginning said it will pursue open market liberalisation of the economy it did introduce many laws supporting foreign investments .

Yet it didnt address the central problem that made the assad era economy crony and inefficient corrupt etc the licenceses .

It shortened the waiting period to 30 days but doesnt this go against open market economy and opens to dangers and misgivings faced by licensing as it doesnt end well in any country .

What is the goverment reasoning for this and is this a problem or necessary step due to constraints set up by the conditions of the country.

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u/RealAbd121 2d ago edited 2d ago

Syria is not a free market economy; it talked a lot about opening up because it really needs outside money to move in and finance reconstruction, but you have to remember we went from North Korea to, like... Malaysia-level of openness; there is still a lot of bureaucracy, and, not to mention, basically all new projects in the country have been goverment partnerships, not fully private investments. (which is defensible because operating something like an airport of the 2 biggest cities or owning power stations in a country where demand is more than supply is basically zero risk; it'd be weird to give away free money printing projects for nothing in return)

The country will open up more with time, mainly because paperwork will be simplified and faster, but I think you're tunnelling on Licensing when it was one of a 1000 reasons why things were a clusterfuck; there is no more crushing weight of a million bribes to get anything done, nor will the goverment take your stuff and run away with it. Those are much bigger obstacles for business