VOL. XLV

No 42

21-October-2002

LIBYA

Ghanim Reviews Recent Economic Reforms In Libya

Libya is implementing structural reforms aimed at moving towards a market economy and giving the private sector a greater role in the countrys economic activity, according to the Libyan Secretary for Economy (minister), Shukri Ghanim. In an interview withAsharq al-Awsat of 8 October, Dr Ghanim, a former Director of Research at OPEC in Vienna, said that although Libya had many economic problems which deterred...