Previous poverty analysis in Tunisia concluded that the poor population is concentrated in interior areas, especially in the northwest and center west. Thus more information on the spatial dimension of welfare and poverty may be of interest for any poverty alleviation programs as poverty may be...

Poverty analysis conducted in Tunisia so far depends heavily upon the choice of poverty lines. The latter are usually constructed by considering a fraction of median incomes. This yields large differentials between urban and rural lines up to a factor 2 leading to the conclusion that the...