{"id":256951,"date":"2026-05-06T20:53:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/?p=256951"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:54:06","slug":"al-sharif-integrating-small-traders-into-the-banking-system-is-a-step-to-curb-the-parallel-market-and-strengthen-the-dinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/al-sharif-integrating-small-traders-into-the-banking-system-is-a-step-to-curb-the-parallel-market-and-strengthen-the-dinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Sharif: Integrating Small Traders into the Banking System Is a Step to Curb the Parallel Market and Strengthen the Dinar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Written by: Ali Al-Sharif, Professor of Economics at the University of Benghazi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Central Bank\u2019s move to transform small traders from part of the problem into part of the solution is a step in the right direction, and one that many economists have been calling for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allowing direct transfers and the use of collection documents would facilitate the integration of a wide segment of small traders into the formal banking system and reduce their reliance on the parallel market to obtain foreign currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This shift will directly impact demand in the parallel market by easing pressure on the exchange rate, increasing the likelihood of its decline in the coming period if these measures continue smoothly and consistently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Providing dollars to travelers through travel outlets also serves the same objective\u2014separating real demand from the parallel market and cutting off one of its key sources of supply\u2014thereby enhancing monetary stability and improving the efficiency of foreign currency management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by: Ali Al-Sharif, Professor of Economics at the University of Benghazi The Central Bank\u2019s move to transform small traders from part of the problem into part of the solution is a step in the right direction, and one that many economists have been calling for. Allowing direct transfers and the use of collection documents [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":256952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[683],"tags":[613],"class_list":["post-256951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-articles","tag-libya"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256951"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256954,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256951\/revisions\/256954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}