Analytical Study of the Libyan Labour Market Environment

Abstract

The main questions of this research are formulated as: In how can the Delphi Technique be adapted to understanding and analysis of the Libyan labour market?. The research was conducted by collecting and analysing primary and secondary sources on Libyan labour market. The empirical data collection comprised the application of the Delphi Technique to develop future scenarios using a panel of experts. The latter activity generated a final key research question: what are the possible strategies and scenarios for the development of Libyan labour market?. The evidence gathered for this research suggests that labour market (LM) has many factors of weakness and threats, that in turn constitutes an element of instability in Libyan labour market.The Delphi Technique was used to build four strategies -survival , reorientation, defensive and radical strategy-; and in the light of the strategies for Libyan labour market three scenarios - optimistic, possible and pessimistic - have been built.