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while gross domestic product had been $3.8 billion in 1969, it had risen to $13.7 billion in 1974, and $24.5 billion in 1979.
[93] In turn, the Libyans' standard of life greatly improved over the first decade of Gaddafi's administration, and by 1979 the average per-capita income was at $8,170, up from $40 in 1951; this was above the average of many industrialized countries like Italy and the UK.
[93] In 1969, the government also declared that all foreign owned banks must either close down or convert to joint-stock operations.
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" Gaddafi also wanted to combat the strict social restrictions that had been imposed on women by the previous regime, establishing the Revolutionary Women's Formation to encourage reform.
[98] In 1970, a law was introduced affirming equality of the sexes and insisting on wage parity.
[99] In 1971, Gaddafi sponsored the creation of a Libyan General Women's Federation.
[100] In 1972, a law was passed criminalizing the marriage of any females under the age of sixteen and ensuring that a woman's consent was a necessary prerequisite for a marriage.
[99] Gaddafi's regime opened up a wide range of educational and employment opportunities for women, although these primarily benefited a minority in the urban middle-classes.
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From 1969 to 1973, it used oil money to fund social welfare programs, which led to house-building projects and improved healthcare and education.
[101] House building became a major social priority, designed to eliminate homelessness and to replace the
shanty towns created by Libya's growing urbanization.
[97] The health sector was also expanded; by 1978, Libya had 50 per cent more hospitals than it had in 1968, while the number of doctors had increased from 700 to over 3000 in that decade.
[102] Malaria was eradicated, and
trachoma and
tuberculosis greatly curtailed.
[102] Compulsory education was expanded from 6 to 9 years, while adult literacy programs and free university education were introduced.
[103] Beida University was founded, while
Tripoli University and
Benghazi University were expanded.
[103] In doing so, the government helped to integrate the poorer strata of Libyan society into the education system.
[104] Through these measures, the RCC greatly expanded the
public sector, providing employment for thousands.
[101] These early social programs proved popular within Libya"
