Rural Development Division

Mission

RDD focuses on rural people’s livelihood and the relation between the rural sector and other sectors of the economy. The activities carried out by RDD mainly concentrate on: the analysis of the conditions (i.e., factors and mechanisms) that frame rural people’s livelihood, the analysis of policy impact on rural livelihood, and the proposal of policy interventions aiming at improvement livelihood and/or mitigating the adverse impacts of other policies. Moreover, this division is institutionally committed to play a crucial role in defining, monitoring and revising the Syrian agricultural strategy.

Team and Topics

Mrs. Waffica Alkhateeb, (division chief)

Ms. Nidaa Ahmad,(chief deputy) Head of section Policies of Economic Development and Infrastructure

Ms. Lamis Alkaseer, section of Policies of Economic Development and Infrastructure

Mrs. Rihab Zaour: Head of section  Social and rural development policies

Mr. Gheath Alaiouby: Section of Social and rural development policies

The above topic-researcher allocations are meant as a preliminary field of specialization. However, all topics are linked to each other and, therefore, are considered as closed areas but as starting points for looking at rural development. Moreover, it is expected that the topic-researcher allocation will enforce complementarities for undertaking joint research efforts.

Activities and Publications