The role of the investment projects in the renaissance of Syrian cultural heritage

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The objective of this paper is to examine the issues and options related to the appraisal of projects and the selection of policy measures in the cultural heritage sector in Syria. The paper starts with the issue of whether cultural heritage has an economic value and provides a survey of concepts and methods in the valuation of heritage assets. Then it examines how cost benefit analysis can be used in the evaluation and selection of cultural heritage project and the issue of financing of cultural heritage projects in Syria.

Investment, financing, cultural heritage, heritage value, economic development, syria

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