Showing 1 - 10 of 26
As a region, the Mashreq has seen more than its share of deaths, economic losses, and instability for the last decade. The region has braved massive economic and social shocks that would challenge even the most advanced economies in the world. The conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647331
Energy demand in Arab countries continues to grow at a higher rate than economic growth. Meeting national electricity demand and exploiting their significant renewable energy resources (particularly, solar and wind) in a sustainable manner is a common challenge across all Arab countries. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817491
Economic and financial analysis provides the bridge between the identification of technical options and the development of bankable interconnection project proposals to facilitate cross-border electricity trade. The overarching goal of this guidebook is to document a methodology for economic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647367
This report provides an overview of current pension challenges and opportunities formembers of the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)1. There is an urgent need to address pensionissues in the region to address fiscal, macroeconomic, sustainability, equity and welfarechallenges. The report sets out...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247032
The Economic Monitor examines four possible factors behind Tunisia's slow recovery. First, the drop in mobility related … to the pandemic may have been more harmful in Tunisia. However, mobility in Tunisia has dropped to a similar extent as … July. If anything, the mobility drop in Tunisia has resulted in a lower reduction in economic activity than in comparator …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013181653
regional peers, Tunisia experienced a sharper contraction than others, having entered the crisis while already experiencing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012642795
Tunisia has focused on increasing student learning outcomes by improving the quality of education in the country. An … strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, Tunisia decided to benchmark this system using standardized tools …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644709
In recent decades, Tunisia has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and increasing access to water supply …, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. More than 4 million people in Tunisia have gained access to improved sanitation between … 1990 and 2015, and 4 million have gained access to water. This is a significant accomplishment, considering that Tunisia is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645715
Tunisia faces the challenge of improving the quality of its public spending and maintaining fiscal sustainability … following a decade of weak economic performance. It is critical for Tunisia to strengthen the quality of infrastructure and … to identify structural policy options to help Tunisia tackle its economic and social challenges through more effective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647163
Tunisia is expected to enter a recession in 2020 as a result of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the slowdown in … agricultural growth. The World Bank estimates that Tunisia's potential GDP growth has dropped by 2 to 2.5 percentage points in the … COVID-19 crisis will exacerbate Tunisia's growth challenges in the short and possibly medium term. A Government of Tunisia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647305