What can be done to improve the competitiveness of the Tunisian industrial sector?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Amine Ben Ayed, CEO, Misfat: Interview from The Report: Tunisia 2016
Articles & Analysis | Olive oil is still the leader for Tunisian agribusiness from The Report: Tunisia 2016
Post-revolutionary instabilities, such as strikes, sit-ins and lost tourism revenue have affected Tunisia’s agribusiness less than other sectors. “This has probably been the most resilient sector since the revolution,” Lilia Kammoun, an analyst at Tunisie Valeurs, a local business management consultancy firm, told OBG. “I think it will...
Articles & Analysis | Uneven growth in Tunisia's industrial sector remains a challenge from The Report: Tunisia 2016
Tunisia boasts Africa’s sixth-largest manufacturing sector behind Egypt, South Africa and Morocco, and ahead of Kenya. Tunisia’s geography is an important asset for growth, offering direct access to the Mediterranean Sea and proximity to the European market, to which the bulk of the country’s exports are destined. Despite such logistical...
Chapter | Industry & Mining from The Report: Tunisia 2016
Tunisia boasts Africa’s sixth-largest manufacturing sector, and the country’s geography is an important asset for growth, offering direct access to the Mediterranean Sea and proximity to the European market, to which the bulk of the country’s exports are destined. Despite such logistical advantages, labour productivity, the size of the informal sector and problems in some subsectors – such as...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Chadatip Chutrakul, CEO, Siam Piwat and Siam Paragon Development: Interview from The Report: Thailand 2016
How resilient has the Thai retail segment been to the recent economic slowdown, and what is the outlook for retail demand in the medium term?
Articles & Analysis | Shifting Thailand's economy from manufacturing towards knowledge-based industries from The Report: Thailand 2016
Pursuing a strategy of differentiation from its regional peers, Thailand’s industrial sector has preferred to target higher value-added industries over bulk unprocessed exports. The country’s relatively well developed infrastructure in terms of power, water, communication, transportation and logistics is well suited for more technical...