Tunisia Country Program Evaluation, Fy05-13

ISBN-13: 9781464806261 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 175 str.

Opis

During the first decade of the 2000s, Tunisia was regarded as a stable country with one of the most successful economies in the Middle East and North Africa supporting significant development progress and comparatively liberal social norms. However, beneath the veneer, dissent fermented caused by gaping regional imbalances in prosperity and equality, increasing unemployment that disproportionately affected young, educated people, and general frustration at the stultifying hold of a highly centralized, corrupt government. That dissent flared into revolution in early 2011, resulting in the overthrow of the old regime and heralding what has become known as the Arab Spring. The transition remains fragile and the political context volatile as many of the challenges from the old regime persist. This evaluation covers the period FY05 13. The period spans three World Bank Group country strategies and one progress report. It also covers the last years of the Ben Ali regime and the transition to a new political dispensation following the revolution of January 2011. Particular attention was paid to the political context in which the Bank Group operated in Tunisia during the evaluation period because of the inordinate level of influence it exerted over the attainment of strategic objectives; however, based on available evidence, the Independent Evaluation Group did not assess the politics of the situation, but rather: For the period up to the revolution, the evaluation assesses the overall achievement of Bank Group strategy based primarily on the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) FY05 08 and with reference, as relevant, to the aborted CPS FY10 13. For the post-revolution transition period, the evaluation assesses only the relevance and design of the Bank Group s ongoing program (ISN, FY13 14), to include the 2011 Governance and Opportunity (GO) DPL and 2012 Governance, Opportunity, and Jobs (GOJ) DPL. The evaluation aims to reflect on past performance to inform the preparation of a new Bank Group strategy for Tunisia."