Tunisian authorities need to boost investment and continue with economic reforms to help create new jobs, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The international economic body has published its first economic survey of Tunisia since the 2011 toppling of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
"The Tunisian economy and society has changed quite substantially in the last few years," Alvaro Pereira, the OECD's acting chief economist, told Spotlight on Africa. "There were some issues that needed to be solved and I think they're getting more pressing."
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