Tunisia: Government injects $1.5 billion to boost public enterprises

The Tunisian government has announced that it will inject $1.5 billion to revive state-owned enterprises and provide them with the liquidity they need to resume operations.

At the same time, the government has stated that it has officially approved the new salary increase without providing further details. The new Tunisian government formation explained that these measures seek to fill the financial deficit caused by the pandemic.

Several social actors welcomed this initiative, which aims to save public companies that are going through an acute crisis that threatens their future and that of their workers.