Qaddafi frequently farmed out power to municipalities and citizens in an attempt to bypass the civil servants who consistently thwarted his grandiose plans. And almost two decades of international sanctions prevented a generation of Libyans from gaining the necessary technical skills by studying at Western universities.
利比亚从来不像邻国埃及那样拥有一个职业官僚阶层。过去卡扎菲总觉得公务员碍手碍脚，于是经常把权力下放到地方自治当局和市民身上去实现自己的宏伟大计。而持续近20年的国际制裁也使整整一代利比亚人无法通过就读西方大学来获取所需的相关技能。