Libya COVID-19 Rapid Market Assessment

Author(s)
Libya Cash Working Group
Pages
4pp
Date published
09 Apr 2020
Type
Factsheets and summaries
Keywords
Cash-based transfers (CBT), Epidemics & pandemics, Response and recovery, COVID-19
Countries
Libya
Organisations
REACH
Link
Reach Initiative COVID-19 updates

With the arrival of the first cases of COVID-19 in Libya, national authorities have implemented curfews and closed all stores apart from groceries and pharmacies.

As a result, prices for most stapled goods have doubled and shortages for key items persist.

To respond to this situation and help prepare the most vulnerable, REACH conducted a rapid market assessment in Libya to provide a brief city-level overview of market functionality, with a focus on shortages and price spikes for basic food and hygiene items.