Economy
📊 Insights on Libya’s markets, trade, and financial policies – tracking shifts that shape business and daily life in the country.Â
Libya Central Bank Cash Crunch: Printing New Dinars to Ease Liquidity Strain
Tripoli’s Central Bank, like others across Libya, is racing to ease a long-standing cash crunch. In mid-October the central bank...
Libya Afreximbank Membership: Unlocking Regional Finance for a Fragile Economy
When Libya formally joined the African Export-Import Bank earlier this year, policymakers hailed the move as a step toward unlocking...
Libya Port Development: How Shifting Trade Routes Are Redrawing the Mediterranean Map
As war and geopolitics upend shipping routes, Libya finds itself at a crossroads. In early 2024, attacks on vessels in...
Libya Port Development: How the Nation Is Rebuilding Trade Amid Global Shipping Turmoil
As war and geopolitics upend shipping routes, Libya finds itself at a crossroads. In early 2024, attacks on vessels in...
Libya Wheat Imports and Food Security: How Global Shocks Shape the Nation’s Grain Supply
Libyan agriculture faces an unflinching test: roughly 90% of the country’s cereals are imported, with annual needs of about 2.5 million...
Libya Climate Resilience Project: IFAD and UNOPS Launch $9.2M RENEWAL Initiative
In May 2025 the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) began a...
Libya Agriculture: Water Scarcity, Policy Reforms, and Pathways to Food Security
Libya’s agriculture has long been underleveraged despite its strategic significance for economic diversification and food security. Recent analyses estimate agriculture’s...
The Future of Libya Transport Infrastructure: Unity, Trade, and Renewal
Libya’s transport network has always been tied to the economic and political future of the country. Roads, ports, and airports...
Libya Banking System Struggles with Cash Shortages, Weak Credit, and Digital Barriers
For many Libyans, going to the bank feels less like a simple errand and more like an ordeal. People line...
Libya Education and Workforce Training: Building a Skilled Future
Libya’s oil dependence and large public sector have left its workforce underused and its schools lagging behind modern needs. Oil...
