by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Oct 17, 2024 | Economic, Legal, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Draft 2025 Budget to Lean on Taxpayers, Domestic Loans Summary: On 16 October 2024, a draft version of the 2025 finance law indicated that the government will raise taxes on higher-income households and financial companies while expanding its reliance on...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jul 3, 2024 | Economic, Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: MPs Concerned as Parliament Approves More Loans Summary: On Tuesday, 2 July 2024, the Tunisian Parliament approved a loan agreement between the government and a group of local banks to fund the national budget with 570 million dinars. Some MPs rejected the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 23, 2024 | Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Retirement Funds Issue Personal Loans as Household Debt Rises Summary: On 22 March 2024, Minister of Social Affairs, Malek Zahi, announced that the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) would soon implement a new social loan program with a primary focus on...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 23, 2024 | Diplomacy, Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: Riyadh Asserts Regional Leadership, Promising Phosphate Investment Summary: On 21 February 2024, Sultan al-Marshad, the CEO of Saudi Arabia’s Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) visited Tunisia indicating imminent plans to invest in revitalizing the rail...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 23, 2024 | Economic, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Pyrrhic Victory on Debt Repayment as 2024 Obligations Loom Summary: On 22 January 2024, Tunisia’s Minister of Finance Sihem Nemsia announced that Tunisia had successfully repaid all of its internal and external debts for 2023, temporarily allaying concerns...
