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Article: TUNISIA'S TEST: MANAGE FOR PRODUCTIVITY.(economy)
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- Market Africa Mid-East
- Article date:
- November 1, 2004
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Tunisia's macroeconomic indicators are fine - better than fine if the country's many admirers in the world press are to be believed. Under the unyielding 17-year rule of the newly reelected (October 25) President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita (PPP$) grew from under $4000 in 1990 to just over $7000 in 2004, according to International Monetary Fund estimates. Tunisia's standard of living is often favorably compared with southeastern European Union (EU) member states. A July 1995 Association Agreement with the EU made the region a customer for 80% of Tunisian exports. The EU supplies 70% of Tunisia's imports as well. But unemployment, ...