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Economic growth rebounded at a slower pace and unemployment remains high. The GDP growth rate reached just 1.2 per cent year-on-year in the first half of the year. Unemployment, one of the major challenges in Tunisia, has stabilised at an elevated level.

Some structural reforms have progressed. The government has taken steps in the past year to improve the business climate, reform the financial system by opening a money exchange office, and implement energy subsidies reforms, supported by improved social protection programmes.

A new investment law may help attract foreign interest. The new law is encouraging investors in various ways, including through the elimination of bottlenecks, enhanced access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and the enablement of public-private partnerships (PPPs) and concessions.