VOL. XLV

No 51/52

23/30-December-2002

TUNISIA

World Bank Lends Tunisia $78Mn For Urban Development

The World Bank has approved a $78mn loan to Tunisia to support basic municipal services and infrastructure in urban areas, home to 64% of the countrys population. The Municipal Development Project (MDP) III is the third in a series of World Bank projects which paves the way for institutional and policy reforms to decentralize expenditure and service responsibilities from central government to local...