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IFAD in Tunisia: voices from the field

© IFAD 		Beyond the Arab Awakening: Research panel links food security and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa

As popular discontent swept across much of the Arab world over the past year, some observers were puzzled. “How is it,” asked the World Bank’s World Development Report 2011, “that countries in the Middle East and North Africa could face explosions of popular grievances despite, in some cases, sustained high growth and improvement in social indicators?”

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© IFAD 		A loan, a lamb and a livelihood in Tunisia

Women in Tunisia, as in many parts of the developing world, are slowly gaining power through development projects. A first, crucial step is their participation in community organizations and groups. When IFAD launched the Zaghouan Integrated Agricultural Development Project in 1998, group formation was a prerequisite for project activities. Special efforts were made to bring as many women as possible into these groups, where members decide which activities best meet their needs. Helping women acquire more confidence and authority, as well as training in new skills, means they are able to earn more and to transform their lives.

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Statistics
Projects: 10

Total cost:
US$343.3 million

Approved IFAD loan:
US$139.7 million

Directly benefiting:
83,610 households
Contact Information

Mounif Nourallah
Country programme manager
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
Rome, Italy
Work: +39 0654592367
Fax: +39 0654593367
m.nourallah@ifad.org