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Tunisia’s Accelerating Economic Challenges

Tue. July 21st, 2020
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On June 27, Tunisia opened its land, sea, and air borders for the first time in three months. While the government’s aggressive response to the coronavirus successfully limited the number of cases in Tunisia, the shutdown caused economic stress, with forecasters now projecting a 7 percent drop in GDP this year. 

Join us for a conversation with experts from Tunisia’s public and private sectors as they discuss the economic ramifications of the pandemic and the best paths to recovery.

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Mehdi Ben Abdallah

Mehdi Ben Abdallah is the founder and managing partner of Excalibur International Advisory, president of the Tunisian-British Chamber of Commerce, and board member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Tunisia.

Ons Ben Abdelkarim

Ons Ben Abdelkarim is the country representative in Tunisia for Expectation State.

Eymen Errais

Eymen Errais is the strategic and investment advisor of the USAID-funded project Tunisia JOBS.

Sarah Yerkes

Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

Sarah Yerkes is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Middle East Program, where her research focuses on Tunisia’s political, economic, and security developments as well as state-society relations in the Middle East and North Africa.