Publications on Tunisia

Micro-enterprises financing - May 2008
This study evaluates mechanisms effects of micro-enterprises financing, employment creation and income, participation to regional development.
 Study : Volume I - Volume II (in FR - PDF)

For a better integration into the labor market - December 2007
The Ministry of Employment in collaboration with the World Bank, conducted a survey at the end of 2005 on young graduates to attempt to identify some mechanisms for their integration in the labor market. Article

Country assistance strategy progress report (CAS) - August 2007
This Progress Report briefly takes stock of the implementation of the CAS under a largely unchanged strategic framework that, nonetheless, will be refined to place a greater focus on issues of growing concern such as low levels of private investment. Report l  CAS 

After the end of the multi-fiber agreement : impact, challenges and prospects - December 2006
This report investigates the impact of the Multifibre Arrangement lapse on the Textiles and Clothing sectors in four countries of the Middle East and North Africa region: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia. Study 

Agricultural Policy Review - July 2006
Tunisia's farm sector is entering new territory, with higher incomes, lower poverty rates, and new consumer tastes, market structures and trade agreements. Policymakers face challenges that simply did not exist a decade ago and are asking whether the solutions o f the past are still relevant. Article l  Study 

Health sector review - May 2006
The present review of the sector of health prepared by the World Bank and Tunisia provides an overall picture of the Tunisian system of health, evaluates its results in terms of effectiveness, quality of the provided services and access to the care as well as the viability of the system of financing. Article l Study (FR)    

Trade liberalization, factor market flexibility, and growth : the case of Morocco and Tunisia - March 2007
In recent years there has been an increasing recognition of the importance of complementary policies in enhancing the benefits of a more open trade regime. This study focuses on the importance of factor market flexibility to trade reforms. Study

Is there a new vision for Maghreb economic integation? - November 2006
The study argues that assessing the benefits from regional integration can best be done in the context of the broader issues of economic integration in the world. Study l Annexes

Conceptual framework of goal-oriented budgetary - October 2004 
A revision of the budget law was conducted in May 2003. The support of the Bank, mobilized at the request of the Tunisian authorities, aims to help with the definition of the conceptual framework of goal-oriented budgetary control and with the formulation of the methods of its establishment. Study (FR)

Development Policy Review - making deeper trade integration work for growth and jobs - October 2004 
Given a steady pace of structural reforms, and sound macroeconomic management, Tunisia experienced a fast, and sustained growth. However, while forward-looking policies helped preserve external and internal balances, challenges remain in the context of a volatile external environment. Study 

Evaluation of the standards and practices of accountancy and audit - June 2004
This report presents an evaluation of the standards and practices of accountancy and audit applicable to the financial and non-financial sectors in Tunisia. The analysis of the practices is, inter alia, founded on the analysis of a sample of 16 financial states established in conformity with the Tunisian compatible standards. Study

Infrastructure private participation - June 2004
The study provides a detailed analysis of experiences in different countries, regarding private participation in key infrastructure sectors, examines the judicial and financial framework, and its impact (and incidence) on infrastructure private participation. Study

Country Financial Accountability Assessment - June 2004
The CFAA concludes that Tunisia's financial accountability arrangements are failing to support public expenditure outcomes and that transparency in the use of public funds is needed to encourage faith in the conduct of the government. Study  

Employment strategy - May 2004
Ce rapport traite de l'emploi en Tunisie, qui occupe une place importante dans le Dixième Plan de Développement, du ralentissement économique, de la croissance, de la création d'emplois et des attentes. Main report  l Annexes

Strategy for Public Debt Management  - January 2004
The need for an effective public debt management strategy has increased with Tunisia's stronger presence in the international financial markets and the larger exposure to changing borrowing conditions and exchange rate fluctuations. Study

Private sector assessment update - meeting the challenge of globalization - December 2000
This private sector assessment (PSA) aims at evaluating conditions for private sector development in Tunisia, how they evolved since 1994, and what are the remaining constraints to private investment. It lays out an elaborate framework, placing private sector development in Tunisia, within the context of global economic integration, while facing increased competition from international competitors. Study:Vol. I l  Vol. II l  Vol. III

Higher education : challenges and opportunities - May 1997
With the doubling of enrollments expected over the next ten years, the system  of Higher education is going to encounter obstacles that could prevent it tomorrow from playing the role expected of it by a society and economy in rapid transformation.

Transport strategy study - February 1997
This summary report describes the strengths and weaknesses of the transport sector in 1995, and sets out the guiding principles underlying the strategic choices recommended in the area of transport policy and investment.  Study

From universal food subsidies to a self-targeted program : a case study in Tunisian reform - December 1996
The Tunisian Government developed self-targeting subsidies, both politically acceptable and protective of the purchasing power and nutritional status of the poor, to reduce the budgetary costs of these transfers. Study

Tunisia's global integration and sustainable development : strategic choices for the 21st century - August 1996
This report describes the economic progress and prospects of the Republic of Tunisia, and proposes ways in which the Government can build on past successes to raise the standard of living of the Tunisian people. Study

Towards the 21st century - October 1995
In the mid-1980s, Tunisia took the strategic choice to become a market-oriented and internationally integrated economy. Tunisia's macroeconomic performance since introducing structural adjustment reforms in 1986 has been impressive. Study l  Annexes

Poverty alleviation : preserving progress while preparing for the future - August 1995
Tunisia, which has reduced the number of its poor from 40 percent of the population in the 1960s to about 7 percent, has pursued poverty alleviation policies that could well serve as a model for other countries seeking similarly dramatic results. Tunisia's success is the product of the Government's long-standing commitment to social development. Study l  Annexes

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