Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 19

9-May-2011

tunisia

AfDB And World Bank Grant $1Bn To Tunisia

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank pledged $1bn to support Tunisia, AfDB announced on 3 May. In this joint action, each bank will provide $500mn in budget support to the country. The joint operation is also a sign of stronger cooperation between the two multilateral banks, according to the announcement. We are working very closely together to support Tunisia in this...