Economy
📊 Insights on Libya’s markets, trade, and financial policies – tracking shifts that shape business and daily life in the country.Â

Revitalizing Libya’s Agriculture Sector: Challenges and Opportunities for Food Security
Long overshadowed by oil, Libya’s agriculture today remains a small yet vital sector. The country’s arid climate and limited arable...

Unlocking Libya Tourism Potential: A Path to Recovery
Tourism remains an underdeveloped sector in Libya, but with significant untapped potential to diversify growth. Globally, the sector accounts for...

Digital Finance in Libya: Rebuilding Trust and Unlocking Private-Sector Development
Public trust in Libya’s banks was badly shaken by years of instability. At one point, roughly one-third of the nation’s...

Libya Industrial Zones: How Misurata, Sirte, and Benghazi Are Powering Economic Growth
For decades, Libya’s economy has revolved around a single resource. Yet beneath the familiar headlines lies a quieter, strategic shift....

Libyan Manufacturing: Driving Economic Recovery and Growth
In recent months Libya’s economy has shown tentative recovery, but its heavy reliance on oil and gas remains a vulnerability....

Libya Energy Strategy: Diversifying Beyond Oil
The prospect of regional realignment in the Middle East has moved from speculation to urgency. Even with a military ceasefire...

Libya Banking Sector Reform Key to Economic Recovery
Libya’s long road to economic recovery hinges on a banking sector that can meet the needs of its citizens and...

Tackling Youth Unemployment in Libya for Economic Renewal
Libya’s demographics offer a unique opportunity and a daunting challenge. Nearly half of all citizens are under the age of...

Libya Port Development Poised to Transform Mediterranean Trade
Libya’s long Mediterranean coastline and central location between Europe, the Maghreb and the Middle East give it natural advantage as...

Libya’s Dual Exchange System Undermines Economic Recovery
It’s no secret to Libyans that the economy remains weighed down by the legacy of civil conflict and the persistent...