Economy
📊 Insights on Libya’s markets, trade, and financial policies – tracking shifts that shape business and daily life in the country.Â
Inside Libya’s Food Security Crisis: Why a Nation of Oil Still Struggles to Eat
Libya, blessed with oil but short on arable land and political coherence, can feed only a fraction of its population....
The Jumhouria Bank Verdict That’s Rocking Libya’s Banking Sector
When a Tripoli court sentenced employees of Jumhouria Bank to prison last month for embezzling more than 8.25 million Libyan...
Libya-Turkey Trade Forum in Benghazi Aims to Boost Non-Oil Cooperation
BENGHAZI, Libya – The Benghazi Chamber of Commerce announced that it will host a Libyan-Turkish Forum for the Children’s and...
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...
