Combining its strategic geographical location, a highly skilled labour force and competitive operational costs, Tunisia has long been a popular destination among international investors. Indeed, the country has positioned itself as a springboard for those looking to enter the African market, as well as an important international centre for...
Tunisia improved eight places to rank 80th out of 190 countries in the World Bank’s “Doing Business 2019” report. While this reflects a significant improvement in the country’s business and investment climate over one year, the government is committed to improving this ranking further, securing a position among the top-50 countries worldwide...
Since its independence in 1956 Tunisia’s education system has undergone a series of reforms. Under former President Habib Bourguiba, the first leader of the Tunisian Republic, the first reforms were introduced to make education free and universal. As a result, the literacy rate rose significantly over the subsequent decades: from 15.3% in 1956...
Rising health care costs, ageing populations and changing lifestyles in emerging economies are stoking demand for medical technology (medtech) solutions. These entail not only smart devices that remotely monitor and transmit biometric data, but any instance of technology that assists in the delivery of health services. While these initiatives...
As the world’s nations and businesses become increasingly interconnected, so too does the flow of global migration. According to the OECD’s “International Migration Outlook 2018”, in 2017 some 258m people resided in a country other than the one they were born in and more than 5m foreign-born persons were permanently settled in OECD countries....
Since gaining independence in the 1950s, Tunisia has prioritised the development of its health care system and has introduced basic services to a large share of its population. Nevertheless, the system is currently in need of pressing reforms to improve the quality of its services, particularly in the public sector. To this end, a reform...
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