2023-09-14 10:44:33
Ferid Belhaj: “The WB will expand the financing space…”
“The annual meetings, which will be held from October 11 to 16 in Marrakech, will be an opportunity to demonstrate that the World Bank will expand the financing space and give new impetus to relations with the countries of the South,” it is this was recently declared by Férid Belhaj, vice-president of the World Bank for the Mena region, on a private radio station. According to him, there is no comparison between Brics Bank or other new banks and the World Bank. It is necessary to have solidarity between these banks and the World Bank, given the importance of the economic and social challenges facing the world. “The role of the state in the economies of the countries of the Mena region is heavy and rather negative, because the private sector does not have all the capacities it should have. The WB is trying to look for mechanisms to finance this approach so that the private sector has more strength and impact in the different countries of the region,” assures Belhaj in another register. Regarding the energy transition aspect, the official explains that granting the private sector the capacity to produce alternative energy would give a strong boost to the energy transition in countries like Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt…
GIFruits : Fruit export falling
Between January 1 and September 4, 2023, Tunisia exported 26,396 tons of fruit. This is a drop of 44.7% compared to the same period a year earlier. In value terms, these exports fell by nearly 15% during the same period, according to data recently published by the Interprofessional Fruit Group. This decline is essentially due to the decline in the quantities of fruit exported to Libya. They went from 38,285 tonnes, since the start of the year until September 2022, to 19,385 tonnes currently. The Libyan market, which alone accounts for around 73.5% of Tunisian fruit exports, imported, during the current season, 8,022 tonnes of peach, 3,461 tonnes of plum and 3,423 tonnes of apricot. Tunisia’s second customer is Italy, which imported 4,817 tonnes of fruit, including 4,314 tonnes of watermelon.
Consumption : Product prices food flies away
According to the National Institute of Statistics and during the month of last August, consumer prices increased by 0.6% following an increase of 0.7% the previous month. This increase is mainly explained by the increase in food prices of 2.3% and tobacco prices of 3.2%.
On the other hand, the prices of clothing products fell by 4.7% due to summer sales. According to the same source, the prices of food products increased, over one month, by 2.3%, following the increase in the prices of eggs (11.8%), vegetables (5.1%), edible oils (3.8%) and fresh fruits (3.6%).
Also, the prices of alcoholic beverages and tobacco recorded an increase of 3% in August 2023.
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