Tunisia ranking in recent World Reports

Tunis , June 11, 2007 (TunisiaOnline) --Tunisia continues to receive favorable ratings in international reports.
 Such reports, including the Davos Economic Forum, the Global Peace Index , the A.T. Kearney global services index , Standard and Poor's, Fitch Ratings , Moody's and Rating and Investment testify to Tunisia's global positioning as a leader in Africa and in the Arab World, as well as its excellent performances worldwide.

•  1 st most competitive economy in Africa , 29 th in the world.
Source : World Economic Forum in Africa, Africa Competitiveness Report, 2007
•  1 st in Africa and 39th in the world in the ranking of "countries most at peace" .
Source: Global Peace Index , 2007
•  1 st in Africa and 30th in the world in terms of  " global economic competitiveness". 
Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007
•  1 st in Africa and in the Maghreb and 35th in the world in the field of "global information technology".
Source: World Economic Forum, Global Information Technology Report, 2006-2007
•  1 st in Africa and in the Maghreb and 35th in the world in the field of "global information technology".
Source: World Economic Forum, Global Information Technology Report, 2006-2007
•  1st in Africa and in the Maghreb , 2nd in the Arab world and 34th in the world in the field of "competitiveness in travel and tourism".
Source: World Economic Forum , Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report, 2007
•  3 rd in the world in terms of ability to avoid "wastefulness of government spending".
Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007
•  4 th in the world in terms of "government procurement of technology products".
Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007
•  5 th in the world in terms of "agriculture policy costs".
Source : World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007
•  5 th in the world in terms of private sector employment of women.
Source: World Economic Forum, Global competitiveness Report, 2006-2007
•  10 th in the world in terms of the countries least concerned by    "favoritism in the decisions of government officials".
Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007
•  11 th in the world in terms of "quality of the education system".
Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007
•  12 th in the world in terms of "time required to start a business".
Source : World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007
•  13th in the world in terms of "public trust of politicians".
Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007
•  23rd in the world in terms of the countries least affected by "diversion of public funds".
Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007
•  24th in the world in terms of "reliability of police services".
Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007
•  26th in the world in terms of "labor cost advantages".
Source: A.T.Kearney, Global Services Location Index, 2007

TUNISIA RATING BY INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES

2007

2006

Agencies

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Positive

 B aa2

Positive

Moo dy's

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 BBB

stable

 BBB

stable

Standard & Poor's

- Ranking

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 BBB

stable

 BBB

Stable

Fitch Ratings

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 A-

positive

 BBB+

positive

R & I

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Tunisia ranking in recent World Reports

Tunisia continues to receive favorable ratings in international reports.
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