Achieving Faster Economic Growth in Tunisia

In the past, Tunisia's growth has fluctuated greatly with agricultural output; investment has been a major engine of growth although productivity has played an increasingly important role. On the one hand, with the ongoing implementation of th...

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Main Author: Kouame, Auguste T.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/20183860/achieving-faster-economic-growth-tunisia
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spelling okr-10986-203862021-04-23T14:03:55Z Achieving Faster Economic Growth in Tunisia Kouame, Auguste T. economic growth business cycle sector contributions factor contributions demand components enrollment rate investment ratio macroeconomics In the past, Tunisia's growth has fluctuated greatly with agricultural output; investment has been a major engine of growth although productivity has played an increasingly important role. On the one hand, with the ongoing implementation of the association agreement signed with the European Union (EU) in July 1995, tariffs on manufactured goods imported from the EU are being gradually removed. To compete against cheaper imports from the EU, domestic manufacturers who operated for decades behind high tariff barriers must improve competitiveness. In order to identify tariffs for Tunisia to realize its long term goal amidst competition challenges, the report is structured as follows: section one gives introduction; section two analyzes the factors that have contributed to economic growth in the past. Section three provides a framework for analyzing prospects for realizing faster growth in Tunisia and for achieving Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) status in long term. Section four derives implications and structural changes required for faster growth to be achieved. Section fives gives some concluding remarks. 2014-10-07T15:52:47Z 2014-10-07T15:52:47Z 2000-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/20183860/achieving-faster-economic-growth-tunisia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20386 English en_US Middle East and North Africa working paper series;no. 20 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Tunisia
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topic economic growth
business cycle
sector contributions
factor contributions
demand components
enrollment rate
investment ratio
macroeconomics
spellingShingle economic growth
business cycle
sector contributions
factor contributions
demand components
enrollment rate
investment ratio
macroeconomics
Kouame, Auguste T.
Achieving Faster Economic Growth in Tunisia
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
Tunisia
relation Middle East and North Africa working paper series;no. 20
description In the past, Tunisia's growth has fluctuated greatly with agricultural output; investment has been a major engine of growth although productivity has played an increasingly important role. On the one hand, with the ongoing implementation of the association agreement signed with the European Union (EU) in July 1995, tariffs on manufactured goods imported from the EU are being gradually removed. To compete against cheaper imports from the EU, domestic manufacturers who operated for decades behind high tariff barriers must improve competitiveness. In order to identify tariffs for Tunisia to realize its long term goal amidst competition challenges, the report is structured as follows: section one gives introduction; section two analyzes the factors that have contributed to economic growth in the past. Section three provides a framework for analyzing prospects for realizing faster growth in Tunisia and for achieving Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) status in long term. Section four derives implications and structural changes required for faster growth to be achieved. Section fives gives some concluding remarks.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Kouame, Auguste T.
author_facet Kouame, Auguste T.
author_sort Kouame, Auguste T.
title Achieving Faster Economic Growth in Tunisia
title_short Achieving Faster Economic Growth in Tunisia
title_full Achieving Faster Economic Growth in Tunisia
title_fullStr Achieving Faster Economic Growth in Tunisia
title_full_unstemmed Achieving Faster Economic Growth in Tunisia
title_sort achieving faster economic growth in tunisia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/20183860/achieving-faster-economic-growth-tunisia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20386
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