by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jun 22, 2023 | Diplomacy, Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: World Bank Loan to Help Finance Undersea Power Link to Italy Summary: On 22 June 2023, Tunisian state media announced that the World Bank has agreed to $268.4 million in funding to support an undersea electrical cable project. The World Bank loan comes after...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jun 13, 2023 | Diplomacy, Economic, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Revised IMF Plan Rumored as World Bank Calls for Public Sector Reform Summary: On Tuesday, 13 June 2023, international press reports indicated that an unidentified Tunisian official said that the government planned to present a revised economic reform plan to...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | May 31, 2023 | Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: World Bank Re-engagement to Provide Stabilizing Influence Summary: The World Bank has reached an agreement to re-engage Tunisia following the recent abrupt pause in cooperation. The pause in engagement was a reaction against comments by President Kais Saied...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 29, 2023 | Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: Services Investment Drops as Perceived Risk Grows Summary: In the first quarter of 2023, investment in the services sector dropped nearly 40% from the same period in 2022, according to the Tunisian Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation (APII)....
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 22, 2023 | Diplomacy, Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: USAID, World Bank Finance Wheat Purchase as Aid Approach Shifts Summary: On 21 April 2023, the US Ambassador to Tunisia, Joey Hood, announced that the US and the World Bank had partnered to facilitate the financing of a shipment of 25,000 metric tons of...