This paper tests the relationship between economic growth and human
development using annual data from Syria for the period 1970-2000. This
period is chosen for two reasons; firstly because of its political and economic
homogeneity which is conduc
tive to arrive at accurate results and secondly
because the significant changes in the Syrian government's policies in the
fields of education and health like the opining for the first time of private
universities and open learning programs and the involvement of the private
sector in providing health services and health insurance.
There is no doubt that the subject of women has become a cornerstone in the public
life of all societies, with all their different customs, traditions and concepts. It has also
become an important platform for research, studies and international co
nferences. Women,
one half of a society, and the cause of the other half's existence, have huge potentials which
will be wasted and unless exploited well. This leads to squandering economic growth
which, in turn, weakens the country's economic development.
The topic of empowering of women and its relationship to the number of children is
about defining the empowerment of women in certain areas and its importance in being the
basis for the formation of the family and society. Under this research there is one of the
most important elements of society and its development, with women's empowerment
indicators and some obstacles to empowerment and implications of research on reality
comes the empowerment of women and the impact on the number of children in the family
based on a number of variables that have been selected.
This study found a statistically significant negative correlation (reverse) of the
variables of the educational level of wife and age at first marriage to the number of
children, while there was a negative impact of the work in the public sector variable with
no statistical significance in the number of children. The study also found a statistically
significant positive correlation (directly proportional) of the variables of current age for
women and family planning usage to the number of children. It has become possible to
make a detailed presentation of the results and recommendations reached by the researcher
and finally display the resources for this research.
Recently, knowledge-based economy became a controversial issue among economists. As many of them consider knowledge to be the only way to maximize competitiveness, others see that knowledge has negative impacts, which would lead to other than that.
This study attempted to show the impact of knowledge on technology and economic and human development in Syria. Pointing out the positives and negatives in a theoretical framework. sometimes, demonstrating and sometimes, depending on the situations of certain other countries.
