Navanti’s data collection and analysis are based on networks of on-the-ground researchers from all walks of life: journalists, academics, and humanitarian workers, to name a few. Our analysts also keep abreast of open source reports to inform their work. Below, these analysts have summarized and contextualized the most important pieces they have read and listened to over the past month.
Following the protests that ignited the Tunisian Revolution in 2011 over high unemployment, corruption, and widespread poverty; Tunisians managed to topple the oppressive regime led by Ben Ali. Since then, Tunisians have elected national governments and participated in legislative and presidential elections, and politicians have implemented a new democratic system that has become unique model in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. But what was the impact of all of these changes on Tunisians and their aspirations for a better future in the 10 years that followed?