USAID Economic Growth and Enabling Environment (EEE)

Northeast Syria | 2024-2025

Overview

Northeast Syria has faced significant economic challenges due to years of conflict and instability. To support the region’s continuing economic recovery, the USAID-funded Economic Management for Stabilization, implemented by Pragma, promoted economic stability through sound economic governance and private sector development strategies that have helped stabilize macro-structural conditions and initiated the economic recovery process.

The USAID Economic Growth and Enabling Environment activity (USAID/EEE) built on that successful work. USAID/EEE provided critical support to public and private stakeholders to improve economic governance and develop the business enabling environment, further stabilize and enhance the financial market and fiscal policy and regulatory regime, and attract private investment. The program promoted robust economic recovery and growth and a more prosperous future for the people of Northeast Syria.

Goals

Support Northeast Syria to establish a robust and transparent fiscal framework that promotes efficient allocation of scarce budgetary resources; robust budget planning and execution practices; and improved provision of vital public goods and services.
Enhance the regulatory framework and institutional capacity to support a dynamic and resilient financial sector in NES; including payments system and AML/CFT and Ceasar Sanction enforcement reforms that protect macro-financial stability and regulatory integrity and promote the growth of vital financial intermediation services.
Enhance the regulatory framework, streamline administrative procedures, and improve transparency to create a favorable environment for businesses and investors; including supporting the establishment and operationalization of local investment promotion institutions.
Promote a sound sectoral policy and regulatory framework for agriculture and for key infrastructure sectors, and thereby help support increased investment and economic recovery & expansion.
Promote gender equity in fiscal and broader economic governance frameworks.