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Tunisia:
​A Political Economy in Transition​

TUNISIA: A POLITICAL ECONOMY IN TRANSITION

17 September 2015
Tunisia
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This event discussed contemporary Tunisian political economy, focusing on post-uprising economic reforms and the ongoing political struggles over their form and content. The first segment consisted of a general chronology of economic reforms in Tunisia after the revolution. It situated those reforms in a regional context, especially the Deauville compact--a multilateral initiative launched at the G8 meeting in May 2011 which sought to put in place a series of action to reinforce “good governance.” It also discussed the political role of technical assistance, as well as the way the debt mechanism functions in Tunisia. Finally, it discussed the links between the legislative and executive branches, as well as their respective roles within the putting forward of economic proposals and their interactions with the international financial institutions.
The second more specific panel discussed changing investment laws and especially the new investment code. The latter allows for considerably expanded latitude for foreign corporations to invest in Tunisia. It also discussed the World Bank-imposed educational reforms, which are part of a broader project of WB-imposed economic restructuring. The presentations discussed the broader context within which the WB is trying to push agreements on Tunisia in exchange for needed loan funds. It then discussed the specific reforms the WB is pushing in the educational sector. Specifically, the WB is aiming to privatize higher education through a system of public-private partnerships. It is also seeking to change the curriculum, especially in economics. They are seeking to remove parts of the curriculum concerned with economic thought and theory, and then to divide it into technical skills: marketing and commerce. The goal is to strengthen the current emphasis in Tunisia on “innovation,” and not give the public the skills to interpret economic policies. Similarly within political science, they want to take out portions of the curriculum treating public finance, public policy, and the World Bank.

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Highlights

Organizers
ASI
TOE


Papers & Presentations
Corina Mullins

Introduction à l'économie politique

Jihad Chandoui
Le partenariat de Deauville, à l'origine des politiques économiques de la transition den Tunisie

Sabra Chraifa
Le mécanisme de la dette:
Instrument de la politique économique


"Rapports de pouvoirs et impacts sure les politiques économiques en Tunisie durant la transition"

Layla Riahi
Les rapport de pouvoirs entre le légistlatif et l'exécutant dans les politiques économiques:
L'exemple des partenariats public-privé


Ouns Messadi
La diplomatie et les politiques économiques:
Quelle influence?


Ghassen Reguigui
Renforce le rôle des citoyens sur les politiques économiques
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  • FAMA
  • Researchers
  • Projects
    • MESPI
    • Knowledge Production Project >
      • ME-KP
    • Political Economy Project >
      • Development and the Uprisings
      • Class Formations and Dynamics
      • The Palestinian Economy: Fragmentation and Colonization
      • Tunisia: A Political Economy in Transition
      • Migrant States, Mobile Economies: Rethinking the Political in Contemporary Turkey
      • Political Economy of the Middle East: Continuities & Discontinuities in Teaching & Research
      • 2016 Political Economy Institute
    • The Lebanon Project >
      • Research Working Group: State-Building, Public Institutions, & Social Mobilization in Lebanon, 1943-1958 >
        • Inaugural Workshop: State-Building, Public Institutions, & Social Mobilization in Lebanon, 1943-1958
      • Lebanon Dissertation Summer Institute
    • The Palestine Project >
      • Gaza in Context Film
      • Alternative Strategies for Realizing Justice in Palestine
      • Audio Content
    • The Civil Society Project >
      • Exploring an Agenda on Active Citizenship
      • NGOs in the Arab World Post-Arab Uprisings
      • Academia & Social Justice
    • Middle East Media Project >
      • Journalism Against the Grain
    • The Egypt Project >
      • Towards a Cultural Cartography
      • After Tahrir
      • Audio Content
    • Refugees and Migrants Project >
      • Refugees in Lebanon
      • Study Week Beirut
    • Black-Palestinian Transnational Solidarities Project
  • Initiatives
    • Political Islam, ISIS, and Sectarianism >
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