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Tunisia Says It’s Now or Never for Painful Economic Overhaul

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By Yousef Gamal El-Din and Souhail Karam

February 3, 2021 at 11:30 PM EST

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February 4, 2021 at 3:09 AM EST

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Tunisia’s finance minister said he’s fully committed to taking unpopular steps to salvage the economy before resuming loan talks with the International Monetary Fund, just weeks after protests over entrenched unemployment and poverty showed the depth of public anger.

“Things will get better in Tunisia because this government has decided to take action,” Ali Kooli told Bloomberg Television.

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