The note of orientation of the 2016/2020 strategic plan development, lacks a thorough diagnosis of the causes of the failure of growth in Tunisia, but also sector policies and a clear vision of development, said the president of the unity of the social economy at the center of studies and economic research and social (CERES), Abdeljelil Bedoui.
Speaking at a seminar organized at CERES on this guideline, the expert considered that the economic situation will not change, in the absence of policies sectoral and clear priorities in the plan.
He found that the guideline reflects a simple observation of the economic situation and existing failures without a thorough study of the reasons leading to this situation.
The inability of the Tunisian development model to achieve its objectives since independence and achieve a growth rate higher than 5% except in rare cases, result, according to him , adoption of a system based on the law of the market in which the state’s regulatory role is absent, which led to the breakdown of the economy.
The economist estimated the current plan document, reproduced the same error, in the absence of sectoral policies. It was critical vis-à-vis the impartiality of the state policy, causing the opening of the Tunisian market to large international companies which employ 77% of the workforce in low activities value added.
Professor of Economics at the University of Tunis also advocated a model of alternative development as the guidance note evokes the classic role of the state with the addition of The term “strategic”.
The guideline did not mention agriculture, as one of the pillars of the Tunisian economy. Instead, she devoted a few paragraphs to organic farming, according to his words.
also guidance note has ignored the reform of public institutions and merely in terms of new funding mechanisms, the term “Zaket”.
Bédoui called for the need to build on the economic experiences of Latin America to adopt sectoral policies, while paying more interest in the reform of public institutions and constitute public holding companies to facilitate the development of Public Private Partnership.
He recommended to reform the banking system to increase its assistance to the national economy, to revise the Agreement of Free Trade Complete and Deeper (CAFTA) with the European Union, stressing that do not rely much on the large conference scheduled in the coming months to mobilize funding for the country.
Meanwhile, the Managing Director of CERES, Ridha Chkondali, found it necessary to focus the five-year plan on assumptions and give pride of place to the situation in Libya and its impact on the Tunisian economy.
In his speech the economist and former official in Tunisia’s Economic Development Bank (BDET), Jamel Aouididi, criticized the advantages granted each year (1 billion dollars) by Tunisia to offshore companies, calling for need to assess their performance.
He also criticized the impact of the aforementioned economic choices that caused the disappearance of an entire sector of the footwear industry and like closing certain economic enterprises three months after their privatization.
The head of government, his advisor, the Chair of Economic Analysis and US Secretary of State to the Minister for Development, Investment and International Cooperation presented the main chapters of the guidance note of the strategic development plan.
Among the strategic directions of the plan include the gradual recovery in economic activity in 2016 and 2017, the achievement of a growth rate of 5% from 2018, increasing to 25% the rate of investment in GDP, improving the investment environment, optimizing operations natural resources, the impetus for regional development and improving the attractiveness of regions.
The Five Year Development Plan has also set a goal to improve labor productivity by 2% , reduce the rate of poverty and reforming the social systems.
No comments:
Post a Comment