Local Authorities in Tunisia Face Challenges of Post-COVID Economic Recovery

Like other countries in the world, Tunisia has had to face an unprecedented epidemic threatening both the health of its population and its security. Only through a national effort was it able to slow the spread of the scourge and gradually bring it under control. Whilst the sheer number of actors involved in the management of the pandemic increased the country’s chances of emerging from the crisis, it also gave rise to conflicts of competence, mainly between the central and devolved levels.