Based on field visits, structured interviews, and reviews of the literature and secondary data, we examine major challenges facing the leather and date clusters in Tunisia. The challenges vary greatly between the clusters. The leather and footwear industry faces a decline in external demand
NEW PUBLICATION: Regional Developments – MENA
By Kibrom Abay, Clemens Breisinger, Dalia Elsabbagh, Hosam Ibrahim, Ahmed Kamaly, and Mariam Raouf
As in most regions, the coronavirus pandemic evolved rapidly in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), starting as a health crisis in mid-March and later escalating into a large-scale economic crisis affecting the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. Beyond the devastating health impacts and death tolls from COVID-19, the pandemic has added to other serious challenges currently facing the region. These include [...]
Launch event: Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA) guides policy makers on potential economic and social impacts
Dalia Elsabbagh, IFPRI Egypt
Investments in agriculture can have broad economic and social impacts. To help developing countries analyze those effects and promote more evidence-based decision-making, IFPRI, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the IFPRI-led CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) created the Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA) tool.
Technical Workshop: Online AIDA Virtual Training
Dalia Elsabbagh, IFPRI Egypt After four years of continuous collaboration between IFPRI and different institutions in Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, and Yemen, the final workshop series was held during the months of December 2020 and January 2021 to demonstrate the final product “Online AIDA”. “We are very proud to show the product of this collaboration, which […]
The Impact of COVID-19 on Tunisia’s Economy, Agri-food System, and Households
Dalia Elsabbagh – Senior Research Assistant in the Egypt Strategy Support Program (ESSP) of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), based in Cairo.
The COVID-19 pandemic quickly evolved from a health crisis to a large-scale global economic crisis. Like most of the world’s countries, Tunisia is facing a new unfamiliar challenge [...]
