A study entitled ‘‘Libya’s public employment Crisis – The Critical Need to Shift from Patronage to Performance’’ published last month by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and authored by Jalel Harchaoui and Colin Powers, says that public sector employment is failing to provide the needs of the Libyan people. The 14-page study considers the state of public employment in the post-2011 period. (iii) Despite consuming an outsized portion of the state budget, public sector employment has diminished in its effectiveness as a redistributive mechanism. (iv) In relative terms, younger cohorts and those from peripheral regions have access to fewer public sector opportunities. (v) Public sector hiring decisions are increasingly mediated by considerations of power and ‘‘wasta’’ (who you know).

Source: Libya Today November 08, 2024 18:18 UTC