Libya Archive
Libya
A combination of oil production disruptions and runaway spending could deplete Libya's formidable financial reserves in less than five years, analysts warn.
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Libya
Libya has gone from a much-lauded country trying to get back on its feet after a bloody civil war, to a basket-case within the space of a few
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Africa
Libya's economic figures are the envy of the world, but the country teeters on the edge of dysfunction.
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Egypt
Countries hit by the promising but disruptive Arab Spring will need financing to the tune of USD43-billion next year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Libya
Libya's transformation from being the personal fiefdom of Moammer Gaddafi to a fledgling democracy is an incredible achievement.
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Libya
The Libyan economy is set to grow by 20%, the fastest in Africa, and easily among the fastest in an otherwise depressed global economy.
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Libya
Libya's oil sector has returned quickly to full speed, but the rest of the country remains in a state of disrepair. Maplecroft identifies at least nine key challenges
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Libya
The figures are in: Libya's civil war cost the country a 60% contraction in GDP as forces loyal to maverick leader Moammer Gaddafi tried in vain to contain
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Libya
While the international community saw Libyans collectively rise up against the rule of Moammar Gaddafi and saw the emergence of the National Transitional Council (NTC) as the unifying
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Bahrain
In the first part of the 2012 regional economic prospects, a look at oil-rich countries' efforts to manage their citizens' expectations, economic slowdown and regional and domestic political
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Africa
Due to a host of common denominators in the Arab world including the lack of traditional liberalism, the tribes' power, the elites' control of business, the hold on
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Bahrain
The Arab uprising must be seen as an integral part of a world in transformation. The technological and informational revolutions that have spurred (and continue to spur) globalization
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Libya
While the world fixates on whether Colonel Gaddafi died as the richest man in the world, with $200-billion ferreted away, ordinary Libyans focus on pulling themselves out of
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Iraq
The withdrawal from Iraq creates enormous strategic complexities rather than closure. While the complexities in Libya are real but hardly strategic, the two events share certain characteristics and
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Libya
It's ironic that the man who used his formidable oil assets as a weapon to hold his people - and the world - hostage, saw little reaction from
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Libya
TweetDespite its graphic content, it is an important historical moment in the region. Hence, reposting with caveats and warnings that it is very graphic content of the final
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Libya
Ousting Moammer Gaddhafi may have been the easy part as the National Transitional Council mulls over the next steps to restore domestic stability and investor confidence back into
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Egypt
As the global economy lurches from one crisis to the next, we look at the prospects for the regional economies in troubling global conditions which could slash domestic
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Iraq
TweetOpec’s annual bulletin reveals the changing dynamics of the energy industry and the key challenges facing both the producers and the consumers. Click through the charts to find
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Africa
TweetSpring is nearly six months old. It is time to take stock, remember those who lost their lives and continue to fight, and hand out some well-deserved awards
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Bahrain
With Opec seemingly irrelevant, the GCC is trying to find a balance between responsible crude suppliers and their own domestic needs
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Bahrain
TweetQatar, which has been beating its regional rival on economic performance, has also won the title of the most peaceful country in the Middle East North Africa region.
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Africa
TweetClose to $1.6-trillion worth of projects are cancelled or are on hold in the Middle East and East North African market, with $800-billion in the UAE alone, according
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Bahrain
TweetBy Rushdi Siddiqui, Global Head, Islamic Finance & OIC Countries Thomson Reuters It’s polling time once again in Islamic finance, but, today, we survey two major developments: Arab
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Bahrain
Tweet Saudi Arabia needs oil prices to remain at $83 to $ 88 a barrel to breakeven - almost double of what it was three years ago. Rising
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Bahrain
TweetSaudi Arabia’s gold reserves dwarf Libya’s hordings. Here is a selected list of countries with the biggest gold reserves, including almost every Middle East nation.
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Libya
TweetDavid Rosenberg is an outstanding economist and strategist at Glushin & Sheff in Toronto. He notes that while there are many known unknowns, there are a few things
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Libya
TweetMark Mobius’ Franklin Templeton can see clear opportunities in the haze of Middle East turmoil. Read More
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Africa
TweetThe rulers and royal families of the Arab World directly control more than $240-billion of investments in publicly-listed firms, surpassing SWF and government institutions, according to data. Read
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Bahrain
TweetAs events in Egypt change faster than you can update them on Twitter or Facebook, regional authorities are looking at the short-term and long-term impact of the crisis
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Africa
TweetWhich countries are ‘ripe for a revolution’ and is there a likelihood that the people of the Arab World will be able to shake the very foundations of
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