Development Assistance, and Employment Generation: The Case of Tunisia
(2025) EKHS22 20251Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- This study examines the link between official development assistance (ODA) and employment in Tunisia. It uses a vector autoregression (VAR) model to analyze aid inflows, their interaction with economic growth, investment, and education, and their effects on labor market outcomes. The study considers employment as a key development goal tied to economic growth, noting that it entered the global development agenda relatively late, with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, in Tunisia, employment has been part of development efforts and addressed by aid inflows since the 1990s. The results show that development assistance has not been effective in creating broad-based employment, possibly due to political and... (More)
- This study examines the link between official development assistance (ODA) and employment in Tunisia. It uses a vector autoregression (VAR) model to analyze aid inflows, their interaction with economic growth, investment, and education, and their effects on labor market outcomes. The study considers employment as a key development goal tied to economic growth, noting that it entered the global development agenda relatively late, with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, in Tunisia, employment has been part of development efforts and addressed by aid inflows since the 1990s. The results show that development assistance has not been effective in creating broad-based employment, possibly due to political and structural factors that have limited the potential impact of aid. (Less)
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- author
- Jegham, Oumaima LU
- supervisor
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- Hyejin Kim LU
- organization
- course
- EKHS22 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- language
- English
- id
- 9213109
- date added to LUP
- 2026-09-07 13:52:49
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abstract = {{This study examines the link between official development assistance (ODA) and employment in Tunisia. It uses a vector autoregression (VAR) model to analyze aid inflows, their interaction with economic growth, investment, and education, and their effects on labor market outcomes. The study considers employment as a key development goal tied to economic growth, noting that it entered the global development agenda relatively late, with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, in Tunisia, employment has been part of development efforts and addressed by aid inflows since the 1990s. The results show that development assistance has not been effective in creating broad-based employment, possibly due to political and structural factors that have limited the potential impact of aid.}},
author = {{Jegham, Oumaima}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Development Assistance, and Employment Generation: The Case of Tunisia}},
year = {{2025}},
}