Press Release
The Libyan economy faces major challenges, including disruptions to the oil and gas sector & fragmentation of state institutions.
The Libyan economy faces major challenges, including disruptions to the oil and gas sector & fragmentation of state institutions.
With intensifying conflict and a blockade of oil terminals and fields, the economy registered one of the worst in recent records.
Assisting Libya and the international community to better understand the current constraints in the local governance realm.
Country Director for the Maghreb and Malta
GDP growth is projected to be 0.6% in the region in 2019, a fraction of what is needed to create enough jobs for the fast-growing working-age population in the Middle East and North Africa region.
The World Bank’s biennial Poverty and Shared Prosperity report finds that the rate of extreme poverty in the MENA region rose from 3.8% in 2015 to 7.2% in 2018 — the latest year for which data is available.
This report identifies key factors weighing on Syrian refugees contemplating a return home and analyzes how changing conditions in Syria might affect their decisions.
The report outlines a new framework with a three-pronged approach. Unleashing education’s potential will require a ‘push’ for learning, a ‘pull’ for skills and a new ‘pact for education.
