Too Poor Libya

Libya is known for having an extreme oppressive government. This government is creating a status of poverty in the country. By poverty, it is possible to use any definition of a common dictionary, saying that there is a “lack of means of providing material needs or comforts” (Farlex, 2014). In other words, not enough resources are available to make the population live without concerns and wealthy, or anything that provides enough money and proper health to people is offered. If the government has the opportunities to end up or decrease the poverty, than what is happening?

The Libyan government itself has a lack of sagacity when it comes to development using partnerships. It causes a gap of possibilities either for the own politic, and also for some private companies that could be investing on the country, but are stopped by the fear of development. The result is both economic poverty and poor decisions. The first one, because despite of economic growth, since money in this case does not mean wealthy economy, the population has no access to quality health insurance, few options of food, and also no opportunities of jobs (Rheannon, 2011). The second one, since those poor decisions are made with no sense of what can make the country a wealthy place and help the citizens. In one side, there is the result of a country that it is being guided by poor decisions and on the other side, there is the lack of possibilities and un-development that it resulted in, the poverty situation.

On the other hand, Libya does have a market for foreign investment. The country is mined with oil industry and is in need of business speculation, in order to increase the rate of opportunities to citizens and maybe even immigrants. These facts would create an antonym for poverty, and we could call them a sufficient nation. People in Libya could have just what is necessary, instead of having an absence of primordial needs. The result could be Libya out of the terrible margin that says that its population is 40% under the line of poverty (Soguel, 2011).

If the fear is not the growth, but what comes with this whole process, than maybe the country has to think about the meaning of poverty or learn about being self-sufficient. The problem is that until now, this is not a country that can survive without external investments. At the same time that Libya needs other nations pushing up the economy, the own country needs some resources offered by the globe. It is not going to be exploitation between nations and the private sector, if their decisions of allowing private companies be safe and careful.

Using these examples than, there are two possibilities of growing poverty in Libya. One is basically a physical poverty, where the citizens are instantaneously affected – no food, no jobs, equal to no money and after that, no healthy. On the other hand, defining poverty in the idea of political decisions: poor mind. Poor ideas and ideals. Poverty in Libya has at least two meanings. It is enough just to have the wisdom and even the nation will be rich.

References
Farlex, Inc. (2014). Poverty. The Free Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/povertyRheannon, F. (2011, March, 04). Lesson from Libya: despotism, poverty and risk. Reuters. Retrieved from http://www.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=US108205791820110304Soguel, D. (2011, April, 27). Libyans hope revolt will lift them out of poverty. Middle East Online. Retrieved from http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=45803