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International Cooperation Minister Riadh Bettaieb.AFP Photo/Fethi Belaid.
"We are negotiating a loan of more than $1 billion (816 million euros) with the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the European Union," he said.
The money would be used to finance the budget, after the deficit in the first half of 2012 reached 4.8 percent of GDP and with the likelihood that the official deficit forecast (6.6 percent of GDP over the year) will be surpassed reported TAP.The minister, separately, confirmed a strong recovery in foreign direct investment, which rose by nearly 45 percent in the first half of the year, compared with the same period of 2011.
FDI between January and June reached 1.064 billion dinars (around 500 million euros), higher than pre-revolution levels.
The money would be used to finance the budget, after the deficit in the first half of 2012 reached 4.8 percent of GDP and with the likelihood that the official deficit forecast (6.6 percent of GDP over the year) will be surpassed reported TAP.The minister, separately, confirmed a strong recovery in foreign direct investment, which rose by nearly 45 percent in the first half of the year, compared with the same period of 2011.
FDI between January and June reached 1.064 billion dinars (around 500 million euros), higher than pre-revolution levels.
