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Libya Analysis

2020 Vision: Libya is seeking to roll back 40 years of under-investment in its infrastructure

Gaddafi bankrolls Libya's development

Issue No 29 16-22 July 2010 | By Jeff Roberts

If Tripoli sticks to its spending plans for development, the country will be transformed into an economic powerhouse

Remittance flows remain resilient throughout the financial crisis Subscription Required

Issue No 29 16-22 July 2010 | By Philip McCrum

Remittances by Arab migrant workers to home economies were less impacted than feared in 2009

Afriqiyah Airways Subscription Required

15 June 2010, 0:00 GMT | By Suzanne Fenton

The Tripoli-based carrier is expanding ahead of its planned merger with Libya’s flag carrier

Opec reflects on its history Subscription Required

Issue No 22 28 May - 3 June 2010 | By Peter Salisbury

The organisation has grown to become a major cog in the world economy, a position that is unlikely to change soon

Libya Special Reports

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Special Report: Healthcare

Issue 33 13-19 August

Rapid population growth and an increase in chronic diseases in the GCC, together with the roll-out of compulsory insurance, has caused demand for healthcare services to soar in recent years. Governments have responded with an unprecedented wave of hospital and clinic building

North Africa

Special Report: North Africa

Issue 32 6-12 August 2010

The countries of the Maghreb have ambitious development plans to meet the needs of their rapidly growing populations

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Special Report: Construction – As materials costs continue to fall steel still commands a high price

Issue No 29 16-22 July 2010

Clients launching projects in the GCC, acutely aware of how desperate contractors are for work, have been quick to exploit the economic slump, pressing for lower costs and shorter delivery times

Libya Data

Financial crisis highlights need for Middle East and North Africa to diversify

Middle East Economic Review 2010 | By Sarah Cowell

The economies of the Middle East and North Africa region were better placed than many in the world to weather the global economic downturn but their need to stimulate sustainable growth is no less pressing

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Middle East and North Africa states are coping with financial crisis

Middle East Economic Review 2010

Masood Ahmed, director of the International Monetary Fund Middle East and Central Asia department, assesses the prospects for the Middle East and North Africa as the region recovers from the downturn

Maghreb weathers the economic downturn

Middle East Economic Review 2010 | By Paul Melly

Strong hydrocarbon revenues in Algeria and Libya and more resilient production sectors in Morocco and Tunisia helped bring the diverse Maghreb economies through the credit crisis relatively unscathed

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