Tunisia : Understanding Successful Socioeconomic Development, A Joint World Bank–Islamic Development Bank Evaluation of Assistance

Tunisia has successfully shifted from resource-based exports dominated by oil and gas to manufactures and services. The economy is now driven mainly by textile, electrical, mechanical, and food processing exports; tourism and related activities; an...

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Main Authors:	World Bank, Islamic Development Bank
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Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE BANK LENDING BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM BANKS CAPITAL FLOWS CEREALS COMPETITIVENESS DEBT DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT IMPACT DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS DEVELOPMENT PLANS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS EIB EXPORTS FARM INCOMES FINANCIAL REFORM FINANCIAL SECTOR FOOD PROCESSING FREE TRADE GAPS GNP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE BASE ILLITERACY INEFFICIENCY INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK LAND TENURE MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MIDDLE EAST NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL INCOME NONPERFORMING LOANS NORTH AFRICA PER CAPITA INCOME POOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE PRIORITIES PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC SPENDING REAL GDP REMOTE AREAS RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FINANCE RURAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL POVERTY RURAL SECTOR SAFETY NETS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABILITY UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM VALUE ADDED WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
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spelling	okr-10986-74542021-04-23T14:02:28Z Tunisia : Understanding Successful Socioeconomic Development, A Joint World Bank–Islamic Development Bank Evaluation of Assistance World Bank Islamic Development Bank ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE BANK LENDING BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM BANKS CAPITAL FLOWS CEREALS COMPETITIVENESS DEBT DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT IMPACT DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS DEVELOPMENT PLANS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS EIB EXPORTS FARM INCOMES FINANCIAL REFORM FINANCIAL SECTOR FOOD PROCESSING FREE TRADE GAPS GNP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE BASE ILLITERACY INEFFICIENCY INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK LAND TENURE MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MIDDLE EAST NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL INCOME NONPERFORMING LOANS NORTH AFRICA PER CAPITA INCOME POOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE PRIORITIES PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC SPENDING REAL GDP REMOTE AREAS RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FINANCE RURAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL POVERTY RURAL SECTOR SAFETY NETS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABILITY UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM VALUE ADDED WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO Tunisia has successfully shifted from resource-based exports dominated by oil and gas to manufactures and services. The economy is now driven mainly by textile, electrical, mechanical, and food processing exports; tourism and related activities; and production of olives and cereals. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth has been rising consistently, increasing from 3 percent annually over 1985-90 to more than 5 percent annually over 1996-02. Today, with a per capita income of US$2,000, Tunisians enjoy more than two-and-a-half times the real incomes that their parents had 30 years ago. Tunisia signed an association agreement with the European Union (EUAA) that provides for free trade in manufacturing by 2008. The European Union (EU) has been Tunisia's dominant trading partner; the region is the source of 67 percent of capital flows into Tunisia, accounts for a large share of Tunisia's tourism market, and is the region with the largest community of expatriate Tunisians. This dominance renders Tunisia's economy vulnerable to adverse developments in the EU. 2012-06-07T19:57:12Z 2012-06-07T19:57:12Z 2005 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6429910/tunisia-understanding-successful-socioeconomic-development-joint-world-bank-islamic-development-bank-evaluation-assistance 0-8213-5974-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7454 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Middle East and North Africa Europe North Africa Tunisia
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topic	ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE BANK LENDING BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM BANKS CAPITAL FLOWS CEREALS COMPETITIVENESS DEBT DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT IMPACT DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS DEVELOPMENT PLANS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS EIB EXPORTS FARM INCOMES FINANCIAL REFORM FINANCIAL SECTOR FOOD PROCESSING FREE TRADE GAPS GNP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE BASE ILLITERACY INEFFICIENCY INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK LAND TENURE MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MIDDLE EAST NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL INCOME NONPERFORMING LOANS NORTH AFRICA PER CAPITA INCOME POOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE PRIORITIES PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC SPENDING REAL GDP REMOTE AREAS RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FINANCE RURAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL POVERTY RURAL SECTOR SAFETY NETS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABILITY UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM VALUE ADDED WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
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description	Tunisia has successfully shifted from resource-based exports dominated by oil and gas to manufactures and services. The economy is now driven mainly by textile, electrical, mechanical, and food processing exports; tourism and related activities; and production of olives and cereals. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth has been rising consistently, increasing from 3 percent annually over 1985-90 to more than 5 percent annually over 1996-02. Today, with a per capita income of US$2,000, Tunisians enjoy more than two-and-a-half times the real incomes that their parents had 30 years ago. Tunisia signed an association agreement with the European Union (EUAA) that provides for free trade in manufacturing by 2008. The European Union (EU) has been Tunisia's dominant trading partner; the region is the source of 67 percent of capital flows into Tunisia, accounts for a large share of Tunisia's tourism market, and is the region with the largest community of expatriate Tunisians. This dominance renders Tunisia's economy vulnerable to adverse developments in the EU.
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title	Tunisia : Understanding Successful Socioeconomic Development, A Joint World Bank–Islamic Development Bank Evaluation of Assistance
title_short	Tunisia : Understanding Successful Socioeconomic Development, A Joint World Bank–Islamic Development Bank Evaluation of Assistance
title_full	Tunisia : Understanding Successful Socioeconomic Development, A Joint World Bank–Islamic Development Bank Evaluation of Assistance
title_fullStr	Tunisia : Understanding Successful Socioeconomic Development, A Joint World Bank–Islamic Development Bank Evaluation of Assistance
title_full_unstemmed	Tunisia : Understanding Successful Socioeconomic Development, A Joint World Bank–Islamic Development Bank Evaluation of Assistance
title_sort	tunisia : understanding successful socioeconomic development, a joint world bank–islamic development bank evaluation of assistance
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6429910/tunisia-understanding-successful-socioeconomic-development-joint-world-bank-islamic-development-bank-evaluation-assistance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7454
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