Not overstate the importance of these networks

It will have to "rebuild the Tunisia literally and literally and figuratively", says Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane in referring to the destruction of the last few days related to the riots. But the country "will not collapse economically" because the Trabelsi family left the Tunisia, is the Director of the Office for the North Africa of the economic commission of Africa Nations.

The swathes of economy - air transport to banks through the automotive distribution and hotels - were in the hands of the Ben Ali clan, more specifically, the wife of the former President, Leila Trabelsi, explains Catherine Graciet, journalist and author of "The Regent of Carthage" (editions La Découverte). The fall of the Trabelsi raises, according to her, "a large uncertainty about the fate of the companies on which the clan had control." Small restaurants à partie des L' oligarchie était partie grandes banques, abonde Karim Bitar, chercheur à l' IRIS. party des L' oligarchie était partie grandes banques, abonde Karim Bitar, chercheur à l' IRIS. "of the oligarchy was one big banks, is abundant Karim Bitar, researcher at the IRIS." "Everything was controlled by a small group who received a growth which was not redistributed beyond a few coastal areas".

Béatrice Hibou, researcher at the CERI-Sciences Po (), nevertheless relativizes the importance of corruption. This clan was primarily "to take a puncture and commissions, considers." Not overstate the importance of these networks. Rather than disrupting the country's economy, the fall of the Trabelsi may instead boost business as will this corruption there exist more. "A view shared by Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane, who is also an opportunity for a"call for air. "

Other challenges are waiting for the Tunisian economy, starting with unemployment. On the 140,000 persons who enter each year on the job market, there are 70,000 graduates, while the economy created 40,000 to 45,000 jobs, mainly in textiles and "call centers", little suited to an educated population. The unemployment rate reached 32 and more than 70 of the unemployed were under 30 years old.

The underside of the "miracle".

"It has neglected the underside of the Tunisian miracle," says Karim Bitar. ". The Tunisia built his economic success on areas that do not required skilled labour, such as tourism or agriculture. "Difficult in these conditions, meet young graduates.

By focusing on education - the Tunisia is spent about 8 of its GDP-, the Ben Ali regime dug his own grave, with thousands of graduates unemployed steeped frustrations. Who rushed into the informal economy to survive - according to the sources, it would represent 38 to 50 of the Tunisian GDP. "The Tunisian miracle worked primarily in the 1980s, summarizes Béatrice Hibou. He continued in the 1990s, but without reflection. And today, it is still on the model of the years 70-80, with the textile sector which continues to concentrate the majority of jobs.

To appease the population, the consumer credit was favored. Perhaps too much. "There has been abuse on granted loans, according to Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane." "It was:"Eat and shut up!" "Catherine Graciet evokes"the depletion of a class average choked by a debt ".

A middle class who lives in the same way in Tunis or in the centre of the country. This is another challenge: that of development of the territory. The riots are parts of Gafsa in 2008 and Sidi Bouzid in 2010. "The Tunisia had some success but it failed and trends", concludes Karim Bitar.