The Tunisian economy continues to suffer from major difficulties, including high external and fiscal deficits, increasing debt, while growth is too low to reduce unemployment, says the International Monetary Fund. “Creating more economic opportunity for all Tunisians and protecting the health of public finance are the heart of the government’s economic strategy”, says the IMF. According to the IMF experts, increasing social spending and improving the social safety net will protect the most vulnerable and their purchasing power in these difficult times. An IMF mission visited Tunis this April 7-18 to conduct the first review of Tunisia’s economic program supported by the four-year IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF) approved in May 2016. Posted by North Africa Post North Africa Post's news desk is composed of journalists and editors, who are constantly working to provide new and accurate stories to NAP readers.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 19, 2017 09:45 UTC