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Unilateral actions will not help take on high unemployment and entitlements

Stringent controls over labour market will create imbalances in desired changes

Libya needs to formulate a vision and a plan for what it wants to be in 10 or 20 years. It needs an economic strategy that will re-start the economy and offer jobs

Tangible benefits will accrue to region’s GDP growth and bring deeper prosperity

There is a need to muster global political will to deal with the civil war

There is a need to muster global political will to deal with the civil war and its real and potential ramifications, without getting everyone to agree to ‘play nice’

On the international level, there’s more debate than action when it comes to managing the security threats emanating from the country

Western officials are already preparing to realign strategies in a bid to safeguard their interests in North Africa, the Mediterranean and the African Sahel belt

New Gaddafi-West ties to cost Libya dearly