By Adam Hanieh [1] Exactly 10 years on, how should we understand the root causes of the 2011 uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa? At the time, many commentators and policy-makers answered this question with...
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Mohamed HADDAD
Tunisia: Olive oil, the curse of abundance
The record-breaking olive harvest makes the Tunisian government rejoice. But voiced concerns of farmers and transformers expose the hidden complexities of a fragile sector and raise questions about its future. “I...
Nada Trigui
Can Modern Monetary Theory solve Africa’s debt crisis ?
For centuries, indebtedness has been a feature of African economies. Debt has been so heavy and unsustainable that it is often thought to be irrevocable. Is indebtedness really irredeemable? And can monetary sovereignty...
Hafawa Rebhi
Tunisian dinar: a state-building story (AUDIO)
Mohamed Haddad interviewed Myriam Amri at the end of the conference about her ongoing research (Arabic): In her exposé titled the Making of the Dinar producing the State in Postcolonial Tunisia, Myriam Amri explores the...
IMF/Tunisia: Slow economic recovery. Painful reforms shall continue
Further painful reforms are yet to be implemented despite relative content on Tunisia's slow economic recovery. In a joint press conference with the Tunisian Central Bank, the IMF expressed content over a slow recovery...
