Op-Ed: Libya’s Missing Link – Why Data is the Key to Reform While Preventing a Public Backlash

Libya & Germany Discuss Support for Public Financial Oversight Reform

On Wednesday, the head of the Libyan Audit Bureau, Khaled Shakshak, received the German Ambassador to Libya, Ralph Joseph Tarraf, in Tripoli for a meeting focused on strengthening cooperation and advancing institutional reform efforts. According to a statement from the Audit Bureau’s media office, the two officials discussed the Bureau’s role in promoting public accountability, enhancing transparency, and ensuring oversight of state spending. Sh…

Op-Ed: Libya’s Missing Link – Why Data is the Key to Reform While Preventing a Public Backlash

Considering the recent debate in Libya about reforming subsidies and the Libyan economy, one subject that would help make sane, logical, and civilian-oriented fair decisions – is the lack of data. You cannot reform what you cannot measure! Libya is rich in resources but poor in visibility. This vacuum of statistics isn’t just inconvenient — […] The post Op-Ed: Libya’s Missing Link – Why Data is the Key to Reform While Preventing a Public Backlas…