Political consensus and economic reforms in Tunisia

Nizar Jouini ()
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Nizar Jouini: Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar

Economics of Peace and Security Journal, 2021, vol. 16, issue 2, 30-39

Abstract: This article explores the role of political consensus in Tunisia in slowing reforms, following the political crisis that followed President Kais Saied’s decision to dismiss the Prime Minister and suspend parliament. It argues that the political consensus created by the 2016 Carthage agreement led to a slowing of economic reforms and triggered a political crisis. The article then considers the necessary preconditions for policymakers to make future political consensus an opportunity to endorse economic reforms that enforce accountability and advance a policy agenda that goes beyond the interests of the ruling coalition.

Keywords: Peace process; Tunisia; Political reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 E6 H1 H3 H41 H6 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.15355/epsj.16.2.30

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