Tunisia’s real GDP growth rate could reach 2.8% in 2018 and 3.5% in 2019

Tunisia’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate could reach 2.8% in 2018 and 3.5% in 2019. However, this upward trend “still remains weak,” said Assitan Diarra-Thououne, regional economist for Africa. from the North to the African Development Bank (AfDB), presenting Monday the report on the “Economic Outlook for Africa 2018”, dedicated to North Africa. “This achievement is conditional on an acceleration of structural reforms, a rise of the industrial apparatus to meet external demand and the mitigation of the cyclical nature of the growth of the agricultural sector,” the…

Tunisia aims to attract three million Algerian tourists

The Tunisian authorities aspire to raise the number of Algerian tourists to 3 million, after last year’s record number of 2.5 million, the highest since the 2011 revolution. Tunisian Tourism Minister Selma Elloumi said that there have been “very positive” indicators since the beginning of the current year. In statements to Al-Chourouk, she explained that “We have to make sure that when the Algerian people come to Tunisia, we make them feel as if they were at home and not in a foreign country. There are several options for them. There…

Arab States build consensus on priorities for empowerment of women and girls living in rural areas ahead of CSW62

Ahead of the 62nd UN Commission on the Status of Women, Governments of the Arab States region met to prepare a common position on the empowerment of women and girls living in rural areas. Participants stressed the need to ensure access to education, political participation and land ownership UN Women, in partnership with the League of Arab States and the Ministry of Women, Family and Children of Tunisia, convened the Arab region intergovernmental preparatory meeting ahead of the 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62)…

Seeing the ‘political crisis’ behind Tunisia’s economic morass

Despite abundant natural resources, Tunisia has recorded lower GDP growth, higher unemployment and increasing foreign debt since 2011. While Tunisia has overcome the threat posed by jihadists to its nascent democracy, it remains embroiled in economic and social crises because of the failure of political elites to harness the country’s potential, said the head of the Tunisian Institute for Strategic Studies (ITES), a think-tank affiliated with the Tunisian presidency. “Tunisia has defeated terrorism. The threat from jihadists is now behind us. Tunis is as safe as Paris or other European…