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Syria’s dire economic woes threaten to undermine its new government

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Syria ’s economy contracted by 85 percent during the civil war, according to the World Bank .

More than 80 percent of Syrians now live in poverty.

Economic progress requires support from the outside world but, instead, risks being strangled by Western sanctions that have isolated Syria from the global economy.

The interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa , faces a daunting task.

More challenging for Sharaa and his interim government will be how to address a bloated public sector.

Under Assad , mismanagement and corruption produced payrolls padded with overstaffing and even “ghost employees” who took salaries but did not work.

Efforts to reduce the public-sector payroll have already stirred protests, with small groups of fired workers congregating outside their former workplaces.

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79

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informal

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English

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52

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