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To help Syrian refugees, Turkey and the EU should open more trading opportunities

To help Syrian refugees, Turkey and the EU should open more trading opportunities

FromDollar & Sense: The Brookings Trade Podcast


To help Syrian refugees, Turkey and the EU should open more trading opportunities

FromDollar & Sense: The Brookings Trade Podcast

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Mar 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

After nine years of political conflict in Syria, more than 5.5 million Syrians are now displaced as refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey, with more than 3.6 million refugees in Turkey alone. It is unlikely that many of these refugees will be able to return home or resettle in Europe, Canada, or the United States. Attention has therefore turned to how to improve the ability for these refugees to integrate into Turkey’s economy and society. In this episode of Dollar & Sense, Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow Kemal Kirişci joins David Dollar to offer his proposal for supporting refugees by pairing trade concessions with economic inclusion. Specifically, Kirişci recommends extending European Union trade concessions in the agricultural sector to incentivize Turkey to better integrate refugees into its labor market. Dollar and Sense is a part of the Brookings Podcast Network. Send feedback email to BCP@Brookings.edu, and follow us and tweet us at @policypodcasts on Twitter.  
Released:
Mar 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Dollar and Sense is a podcast about all things trade. From local ports and markets to international trade and diplomacy, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow David Dollar and guests explain how our global trading system is built and its effect on our everyday lives.