![A worker walks in front of a refinery inside the Brega oil complex in Libya.](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/11/13/libya_wide-b81f06ffff221b3e0f70a689918f82385365c198.jpg?s=600)
The country faces enormous economic challenges. It has a staggering public payroll, huge subsidies on food and fuel, and a populace trained for years to view the government as the primary source of economic well-being.
(Image credit: Hussein Malla/AP)
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