Fiscal Risks From Rapid Spending Growth

September 2008 | Economic Analysis

Libya is in an enviable fiscal position thanks to record hydrocarbons sales. However, energy revenues are set to fall from 2009 while radical wealth distribution plans pose upside risks to expenditure; the result will be a narrowing of the fiscal surplus.

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