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Tunisia: 2012 Article IV Consultation; Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Tunisia

September 4, 2012

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Tunisia: 2012 Article IV Consultation; Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Tunisia, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2012) accessed September 18, 2024

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Summary

This 2012 Article IV Consultation highlights that Tunisia experienced a severe recession in 2011 amid domestic and regional turmoil. Real GDP contracted by 1.8 percent, reflecting a sharp decline in tourism and foreign direct inflows. As a result of the economic downturn and the return of Tunisian workers from Libya, unemployment soared to 19 percent in 2011, with youth unemployment at 42 percent. Tunisia’s medium-term economic growth potential remains favorable, but unleashing it requires a comprehensive package of structural reforms to foster private investment.

Subject: Expenditure, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stimulus, Imports, Public debt, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Public investment spending

Keywords: Authorities' intention, Authority, Banking system liquidity, CR, Europe, Exchange rate, Fiscal stimulus, Global, Government, ISCR, Liquidity injection, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Public investment spending, Tunisia, Tunisian authorities, Tunisian authority

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    73

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2012/255

  • Stock No:

    1TUNEA2012002

  • ISBN:

    9781475505832

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

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