As the country of origin of the Arab Spring, Tunisia is, to date, the only example of a successful democratic transition in the Arab world. However, the economic slowdown that followed the revolution and the freedom of expression newly acquired by Tunisians favoured a proliferation of social and political demands. In addition, tourism, which...
In 2016 Tunisia continued to modernise its economic legislation. In addition to the New Investment Law, the main laws issued in that year concern a revision of banking regulations and a modernisation of the rules governing collective proceedings.
This chapter contains a breakdown of the most recent legal reforms and changes in Tunisia, including an overview of the new finance law.
This chapter contains a viewpoint from Ghazi Meziou, Associate Lawyer, Meziou Knani & Khlif.
The past two years have seen the Tunisian economy follow a gentle upward trajectory – one that falls short of the pace of expansion needed to reduce poverty and improve the revenue base, but that nonetheless exhibits a marked improvement over previous years.
Kenya is a constitutional democracy with a multi-party political system. In 2008 the government launched Vision 2030, a development blueprint for the country with the aim of turning Kenya into a middle-income economy by 2030. Vision 2030 is based on three pillars, namely an economic pillar, a social pillar and a political pillar. The economic...
A journey of a 1000 miles begins with a single step, and several important steps have been taken so far towards developing a 21st century legal, financial and institutional framework for Kenya. Beginning with the adoption of a new constitution in August 2010, Kenya embarked on a process of setting up various legal frameworks, institutions and...
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