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The International Monetary Fund has urged Libyan authorities to prioritize spending through an approved and unified 2025 budget to prevent pro-cyclical expenditure and enhance resource management. The IMF announced on December 10 that Libya’s recovery in oil production has led to an upward revision of the country’s GDP growth forecast for 2025. In its report […]
The draft budget for 2025 provides for an array of measures to curb the impact of imported inflation on the citizens’ purchasing power, including wage hikes, cancelation of VAT and customs duties on some basic foodstuff, and subsidies. Under the new budget, monthly salaries lower than 6000 will be exempted from the income tax, while […]