Ten years after the revolution, the Tunisian economy at a standstill
Tunis, February 14, 2011. Tunisians celebrated the first month of the Tunisian revolution, avenue Habib Bourguiba.
(Illustrative image) AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID
By: Jean-Pierre Boris Follow
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Today, Eco from here Eco elsewhere is in Tunis, ten years after the fall of President Ben Ali, ousted from power by a popular revolution.
At the time, the Tunisians demanded the end of absolutism, they wanted to put an end to a kleptocratic and corrupt regime which shamelessly pillaged the country's economy, reducing the population to idleness and poverty.
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Ten years later, ten years after January 14, 2011 which saw the flight of Ben Ali and his family, where is the Tunisian economy, have the hoped-for reforms been initiated, have they borne fruit?
These are the questions we ask the three guests who have accepted our invitation.
- Mahmoud Ben Romdhane
, economist, former president of Amnesty International.
Former Minister of Transport, then Social Affairs
- Mouna Ben Halima
, hotelier, vice-president of ATUGE, Association of Tunisians of Grandes Écoles
- Louai Chebbi
,
president of the NGO Alert, an NGO fighting against the cash economy.
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