Country Factsheet
Tunisia
This factsheet provides an overview of economic inclusion programs in Tunisia. Economic inclusion programs are a bundle of coordinated, multidimensional interventions that support individuals, households, and communities in raising their incomes and building their assets. The data used for this factsheet comes from the Partnership for Economic Inclusion’s Landscape Survey 2023.
Country Facts
Region
Middle East & North Africa
Population
12.26 million
Income Group
Lower middle income
FCV country (WB FY24 list)
No
Poverty Headcount (share of population below the poverty line)
National Poverty Line
16.60%
Multidimensional Poverty Index
0.79%
$2.15/day (2017 PPP)
0.10%
Programs
Number of economic inclusion programs
6Institutional delivery (lead agency)
- Nongovernment-led
- Government-led
Geographic area
- Rural only
- Urban/peri
- Mix (urban & rural)
Participants
Number of participants
1,021Number of people benefiting
4,610Participants served by government-led programs (%)
82.27%Main Program Objectives
Wage employment
Self-employment
Income diversification
Productivity
Food security
Market access
Women's empowerment
Social inclusion
Social cohesion
Financial inclusion
Social services
Climate resilience
- More than 2/3 of programs
- Between 1/3 and less than 2/3 of programs
- Fewer than 1/3 of programs
Participant Profile
Targeted Poverty Segments
Poor
Extreme poor
Ultra-poor
Those above the poverty line
Doesn't target by poverty level
Targeted Population Groups
Women
Children
Youth
Older people
Persons with disabilities
Displacement-affected
Climate-affected
Marginalized
Conflict-affected
- More than 2/3 of programs
- Between 1/3 and less than 2/3 of programs
- Fewer than 1/3 of programs
CORE PROGRAM COMPONENTS
Transfer
Business capital
Wage employment facilitation
Skills training
Coaching
Financial services facilitation
Market links
Climate resilience support
ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROGRAMS SURVEYED
| Program Name | Year program began | Lead Agencies | Program Description | No. of Current Participants | % Female Participants | Poverty Targeting | Digital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support to Economic Recovery and Job Creation in the Agri-Food Sector and Rural North West | 2021 | Microfinanza SRL | The project supports agri-businesses and producer organizations through an 'open counter' system, providing technical assistance through individual coaches and grants divided into two instalments to first complement the beneficiaries own funds to obtain and loan and later to make further investments. | 52 | 1-25% of participants | Does not target by poverty level | Yes |
| Support to Economic Recovery and Job Creation in the Agri-Food Sector and Rural South | 2021 | ENDA Inter-Arabe | The project supports agri-food businesses and producer organizations. The project conducts multiple small calls for applications and forms small homogenous cohorts of up to 20 people. Candidates are provided with standardized training and individual coaching, and selected beneficiaries receive grants. Microfinance loans are also available. | 41 | 26-50% of participants | Does not target by poverty level | Yes |
| Support to Economic Recovery and Job Creation in the Agri-Food Sector and Rural Space | 2021 | Tunisian Union of Social Solidarity | The project supports agri-businesses and producer organizations affected by the COVID pandemic, focusing on job creation, particularly for women and youth. Candidates receive technical assistance through training courses and selected beneficiaries receive grants in installments. | 88 | 26-50% of participants | Does not target by poverty level | Yes |
| Integrated Landscapes Management in Lagging Regions Project | 2017 | Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources, and Fisheries | The project improves landscape management and economic opportunities for rural communities in Tunisia's lagging regions through laying the foundations for sustainable agricultural resource management, fostering sustainable regional investments, and project management, monitoring and evaluation. | 300 | 26-50% of participants | Targets poor broadly | Yes |
| Youth Economic Inclusion Project | 2017 | Ministry of Employment and Professional Training | The project supports tailored job support services that address the barriers youth face in accessing jobs, private sector development within specific value chains to create jobs and improve the quality of jobs, and the capacity of project implementers. | Targets poor broadly | Yes | ||
| Social and Solidarity Economic Integration in the hills of Kairouan Project | 2021 | Kairouan Regional Agricultural Development Commission | The project aims to increase the development index by supporting climate-adaptation for needy and limited-income families and farmers in the hills, with monitoring and evaluation and political dialogue. | 540 | 51-75% of participants | Targets poor broadly | Yes |
Only programs that have given their consent to share their program data are included in this table
The Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI) is a global platform that unites non-governmental organizations, UN agencies, research institutions, funding partners, and the World Bank to support government adoption and scale up of economic inclusion programs that empower vulnerable people to lift themselves out of extreme poverty.
| DNA: Does Not Apply; FY: Fiscal Year; FCV: Fragility, Conflict, and Violence; MPI: Multidimensional Poverty Index; NPL: National Poverty Line; N/A: Not available; WB: World Bank |