Libya (Arab Spring to present)
Ruixin Zhang
Universtiy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Libya (Arab Spring to present)
Introduction
The Arab Spring is an incessant cause of conflicts in various countries. The revolutionary pattern of demonstrations and scathing civil wars and riots has permeated all over the Arabian League countries and their environments. Most of the acts of revolution and protests had been terminated by 2012. However, the occasional violence and protests in these countries evince the continuation of the Arab Spring. Some of the countries who have experienced the Arab Spring revolution are Libya, Egypt, and Syria. This paper will focus on the Arab Spring and its impact in Libya. Anti-government protests in Libya
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This tribulation is heightened by the increasing population of the youth in the country. The conflict led to an increase in the unemployment rate of the youth. The employment gap is facilitated by the market rigidities, demographics and bloated public sectors of the country. Labor market inefficiencies also remain a prominent problem in the country. The conflict in Libya led to widespread mismatch in skills and an improper education system that produced half-baked graduates to join the job market. This is evidenced in the complaints by the firms that decry insufficient labor skills. The conflicts also led to crowding out of the private sector, leaving the unemployed youth with only the public sector to seek employment (Economics, …show more content…
After the Arab Spring, high employment rates, corruption, limited access to finance, declining exports, inadequate education and poor health infrastructure deterred the development of the country. Nevertheless, political stability will ensure that county does not only match the previous growth level but also exceed it. The political stability must also be accompanied with formidable economic reforms so as to guarantee the success of the country’s economic state. The county must address the environmental and health challenges. This will ensure that the environmental hazards of the aftermath of the conflict will be contained and eliminated. The civilians’ health should be held with utmost prominence in order to ensure a strong labor force (Toone,
The 2011 Libyan Civil War started as peaceful protesting in front of the police headquarters over ruler Muammar Gaddafi’s corruption as their leader. This protest was met with brutal police violence. This sparked the Transitional National Council’s formation in an effort to change the government. The peaceful protest then made the leap to a rebel uprising that began to spread across the entire country. In order to contain this rebellion effort, Gaddafi stepped up his military control of the country and took back major cities. He also blocked off the public’s access to the media with censorsh...
This disruption gives those who have lost their jobs to improve themselves by furthering their education. The psychological effects on displaced workers only last until they find a replacement job. Today, the national unemployment rate is at five percent according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Databases). Economic experts believe that technological advances are expanding at a faster rate than humans can learn to manage and adapt to the new skills necessary to survive in the evolving labor
In 2010 the Middle East experienced a disturbing series of protests and riots against the government. The term Arab Spring was coined as an allusion for the 1848 revolutions that rocked the Arab world. This devastating revolution saw its inception in a chain of small scale protests for the democratization of the Arabian governments. With its start in Egypt and Tunisia it has not failed in affecting every Arab country from Libya, Sudan and Morocco in the West to Yemen and Saudi Arabia in the East. A branch of the same revolution has successfully managed to become the cause for a civil war outbreak in Syria and even stretched its influence outside the Arab world to affect Iran and Mali.
The authoritarian regimes of the Middles cycled through a pattern of anti-western policy until the globalization effects of economics and information demanded reform. As conservative Arab states try to maintain the autocracy they relied on after gaining independence, their citizens, affected by information and education expansion, challenge their resistant governments as typified by Syria’s unwillingness to capitulate. The proliferation of information and education underscored the protest movements of the Arab Spring because citizens’ contempt for their obstinate governments grew to large under economic pressures, as the current situation in Syria demonstrates.
Early 2011 uprisings swept across the Middle East and North Africa, and many rebellions are still going on today. The Arab region has seen revolts and conflict since the 1800‘s, but only recently have these revolts been redirected to the problems of Arab society (Ghannam, J. 2011 pg 4-5)The Arab Spring Uprising was first sparked in Tunisia and eventually struck Algeria, Jordan, Egypt, Yemen and then spread to other countries. Citizens throughout these countries were dissatisfied with the rule of their local governments. Issues like human rights violations, political corruption, economic decline, unemployment, extreme poverty, dictators...
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As the Arab Spring enters its second year, major uprisings and revolts have occurred all over the Middle East, pushing for an end to the corrupt autocratic rule and an expansion of civil liberties and political rights. Most recently, images from Syria have emerged, depicting the government’s use of force to suppress the voice of its people. One might ask, “Is this the beginning of a revolution? Is the country on the path to democracy?” To assess this question and examine the future trends in the region, one must look back on the country’s somewhat tumultuous history, the relationship between the citizens and the state, and the political economy.
The employment policies have not kept up with changes in the economy, workforce, and the nature of work causing a severe financial impact
Unemployment is a macroeconomic factor that is pertinent to an extensive economy at a regional level. Therefore it affects a large population rather than a few select individuals. Unemployment does not only have social costs, but economic costs too. The ILO, International Labour organization, defines unemployment as, ''People of working age, who are without work, but available for work and actively seeking employment.'' Therefore implying that it is a state of an individual looking for a job but not having one. Unemployment is one of the key indicators in determining the economic stability of a country; hence governments, businesses and consumers closely monitor it. There are numerous aspects that might lead to unemployment such as labour market conflicts and recessions in the economy. There are two main types of unemployment, which can be focused on, seasonal and cyclical unemployment. Seasonal unemployment occurs when a person is unemployed or their profession is not in demand during a particular season. On the contrary, cyclical unemployment occurs when there is less demand for goods and services in the market so consequently supply needs to be decreased.
Furthermore, political instability causes uncertainty and, at its most extreme, complete economic breakdown. Take Sudan in Africa thi...
The Libyan Revolution or the Libyan Civil War was the armed conflict in Libya between those who supported Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, and those, who were against him. Conflicts, especially between people and the government, are always one of the major topics of political discussions. However, not all of them can be described as “the cornerstone of change”. I consider the Libyan revolution to be the one, which resulted in political changes in this country. The revolution was a very radical action, but a natural result of the violence and killing of innocent people, which was at that time a natural thing for the Muammar Gaddafi.
Unemployment has always been something that Americans have worried about since the great depression in which one in every four people was unemployed. High unemployment has an impact on every one even those whom are still currently employed. For example if the unemployment rate is particular high then even those with jobs get worried. Unemployment is also separated in to distinct categories base on which group is the focus of the study. The categories can be by race, age or location, for example the unemployment rate of those between the age of sixty and sixty-five could be compared those between the ages of thirty and thirty-five. These categories allow economist to see which groups are the best and which groups are worst off. One group particularly bad off is the age group referred to as teenagers. This paper is going to focus on how teenage unemployment affects the economy and what possible solutions there are.