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Tunisia's global integration : a second generation of reforms to boost growth and employment

World Bank

2009,2008

Overview

Tunisia’s past integration policies have significantly increased FDI flows in the manufacturing sector, triggering a rise of textiles and clothing and mechanical and electrical components exports through participation to EU production networks and increasing productivity, growth, and job creation. In spite of these results, important challenges remain. FDI increases are not accompanied by a rapid increase in domestic investment. The business climate of the domestic market-oriented sector can be further improved. Trade integration largely has bypassed non-tourism service sectors and the structural transformation of the service sector is slow.This study: (i) examines the key integration challenges that the country’s manufacturing sector is facing; (ii) examine the key remaining reforms needed to further enhance the competitive position of the country; and (iii) identifies the specific policy reforms needed to realize the largely untapped potential in services. The report reviews the entry, business, and trade restrictions in Tunisia’s backbone service sectors (telecommunication, banking, air transport, accounting, auditing, and legal services) using a well-focused regulatory questionnaire. The restrictiveness indices derived from the regulatory diagnostic analysis allow us to assess Tunisia's relative performance. Some key regulatory reform options are proposed and their impact estimated. The study examines the prospect for further increasing exports and off shoring of a large number of services for which Tunisia has demonstrated a real export capacity.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC : World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO INFORMATION / ACCOUNTING / ACTIVE DEBT / AGRICULTURE / ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES / AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY / AVERAGE TARIFF / BALANCE OF PAYMENT / BANK PROFITABILITY / BENCHMARK / BENCHMARKING / BENEFICIARIES / BILATERAL AGREEMENT / BILATERAL AGREEMENTS / BILATERAL COOPERATION / BORROWER / BROKERS / BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT / CAPITAL GOODS / COLLATERALS / COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES / COMPETITION AUTHORITIES / COMPETITION LAW / COMPETITION LAWS / COMPETITION LEGISLATION / COMPETITIVE POSITION / COMPETITIVENESS / CONSUMER PRICES / CONSUMERS / COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE / COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER / COUNTRY MARKETS / COUNTRY RISK / CREDIBILITY / CREDIT GUARANTEE / CREDIT MARKET / CREDIT STRUCTURE / CURRENT ACCOUNT / CUSTOMS CLEARANCE / CUSTOMS PROCEDURES / DEBT / DEBT MANAGEMENT / DEBT SERVICE / DEPOSITS / DEVELOPING COUNTRY / DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS / DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION / DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES / DOMESTIC MARKET / DOMESTIC MARKETS / DOUBLE TAXATION / ECONOMIC EXPANSION / Economic forecasting / Economic forecasting -- Tunisia / Economic policy / ECONOMIC SECTORS / ECONOMIES OF SCALE / EMERGING ECONOMIES / ENTRY BARRIERS / EXCHANGE CONTROLS / EXCHANGE RATES / EXOGENOUS SHOCKS / EXPENDITURES / EXPORT BIAS / EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS / EXPORT GROWTH / EXPORT MARKET / EXPORT MARKETS / EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES / EXPORT PERFORMANCE / EXPORT VOLUMES / EXPORTER / EXPORTERS / EXPORTS / EXTERNAL TRADE / FINAL GOODS / FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS / FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT / FINANCIAL SECTOR / FINANCIAL SUPPORT / FISCAL DEFICIT / FOREIGN BANKS / FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT / FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS / FOREIGN EXCHANGE / FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES / FOREIGN FIRMS / FOREIGN INVESTMENT / FOREIGN INVESTORS / FORMS OF CREDIT / FRAUD / FREE ACCESS / FREE TRADE / FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS / FREE TRADE AREA / GDP PER CAPITA / GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL / GLOBAL COMPETITION / GLOBAL INTEGRATION / GLOBAL MARKET / GROWTH MODELS / GROWTH RATE / HUMAN CAPITAL / INCOME GROWTH / INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS / INDUSTRIAL SECTOR / INFLATION / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY / INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT / INSURANCE / INSURANCE COMPANIES / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / INTERNATIONAL BANK / INTERNATIONAL MARKET / INTERNATIONAL PRICES / INTERNATIONAL STANDARD / INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS / INTERNATIONAL TRADE / INVENTORY / INVESTING / INVESTMENT CLIMATE / INVESTMENT INCENTIVES / KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS / LABOR MARKET / LABOR MARKETS / LACK OF COMPETITION / LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE / LOAN / LOAN DEFAULT / LOAN DEFAULTS / MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT / MARKET ACCESS / MARKET ECONOMY / MARKET FAILURE / MARKET FAILURES / MARKET REFORM / MARKET SHARE / MARKET SHARES / MATURITIES / MULTILATERAL LIBERALIZATION / MUTUAL RECOGNITION / NET INFLOWS / NON-PERFORMING LOANS / NONPAYMENT / OIL EXPORTERS / OPENNESS / OUTPUT / OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE / PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENT / PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENTS / PREFERENTIAL PARTNERS / PREFERENTIAL TRADE / PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT / PRIVATE CREDIT / PRIVATE INVESTMENT / PROCESS OF NEGOTIATIONS / PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION / PRODUCTIVITY / PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH / PROPERTY RIGHT / PROTECTION RATES / PUBLIC DEBT / PURCHASING POWER / REAL GDP / REAL INCOME / REGIONAL TRADE / REGULATORY BARRIERS / REGULATORY CONVERGENCE / REGULATORY OVERSIGHT / REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS / RETAIL TRADING / RISK OF LOAN / RULES OF ORIGIN / SHAREHOLDER / SPECIALIZATION / TARIFF RATE / TARIFF RATES / TARIFF REDUCTION / TARIFF REDUCTIONS / TAX / TAX RATE / TAXATION / TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE / TELECOMMUNICATIONS / TIMELY PAYMENT / TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY / TRADE AGREEMENT / TRADE DIVERSION / TRADE FACILITATION / TRADE INTEGRATION / TRADE LIBERALIZATION / TRADE LOGISTICS / TRADE NEGOTIATIONS / TRADE POLICY / TRADE REFORM / TRADE REFORMS / TRADE REGIME / TRADE RESTRICTIONS / TRADING / TRANSACTION / TRANSACTION COSTS / TRANSACTIONS COSTS / TRANSITION COUNTRIES / TRANSPARENCY / TRANSPORT COSTS / TREATIES / TRUST FUND / Tunisia / Tunisia -- Economic policy / UNEMPLOYMENT / UNEMPLOYMENT RATE / UNFAIR COMPETITION / UNILATERAL REFORM / URUGUAY ROUND / VALUE ADDED / WAREHOUSES / WORKING CAPITAL / WORLD MARKETS / WTO / ZERO TARIFFS
• ISBN: 0821376683, 9780821376683