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TunisiA
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY
AND SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
POLICY NOTE ON SMEs ACCESS TO FINANCE IN TUNISIA
December 2009
World Bank
Finance and Private Sector Development
Economic and Social Development Department
Middle East North Africa Region
REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA –FISCAL YEAR
January 1st - December 31st
Monetary equivalent
(Exchange rate as of Nov. 30, 2009)
Currency Unit
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Tunisian Dinar (TND)
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1,00 US$
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1.2815 DT
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WEIGHTS AND MEASUREMENTs
Metric System
Abreviations and Acronyms
AFI Agence du Foncier Industriel (Industrial Land Agency)
API Agence de Promotion de l’Industrie (Industrial Promotion Agency)
BCT Banque Centrale de Tunisie (Central Bank of Tunisia)
BFPME Banque de Financement des PME (SME Financing Bank)
BVMT Bourse des Valeurs Mobilières de Tunisie (Stock Market)
CIBCT Centrale d’Information de la Banque Centrale de Tunisie (Information Center of the
Tunisian Central Bank)
CMF Conseil du Marché Financier (Financial Market Council)
CS Credit Scoring
EE Enquêtes Entreprises (World Bank Enterprise Surveys)
EU European Union
FNG Fonds National de Garantie (National Guarantee Fund)
FOPRODI Fonds de Promotion et de Décentralisation Industrielle (Industrial Promotion and
Decentralization Fund)
FSAP Financial Sector Assessment Program
GDP Gross Domestic Product
IACE Institut des Chefs d’Entreprise Arabes (Institute of Arab Business Leaders)
IMF International Monetary Fund
INS Institut National de la Statistique (National Institute of Statistics)
ITCEQ Institut Tunisien de la Compétitivité et des Etudes Quantitatives (Tunisian Institute of
Competitiveness and Quantitative Studies)
MENA Middle East and North Africa
MFI Micro-Finance Institution
MIEPME Ministère de l’Industrie, de l’Energie et des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (Ministry of
Industry, Energy and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises)
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Pct. Percentage
PCB Private Credit bureau
PE Pépinières d'Entreprises (Business incubators)
PMI Programme de Modernisation Industrielle (Industrial Modernization Program)
SICAR Société d’Investissement en Capital Risque (Venture Capital Investment Company)
SME Small and medium enterprises
SOTUGAR Société Tunisienne de Garantie (Tunisian Guarantee Company)
UTICA Union Tunisienne de l'Industrie, du Commerce et de l'Artisanat (Tunisian Union for
Industry, Trade and Handicrafts)
Vice President: Shamshad Akhtar
Country Director: Mats Karlsson
Sector Director: Ritva Reinika
Manager: Simon S. Bell
Lead Author: Jean Michel N. Marchat
Co-authors: Mohamed Chebbi, Magueye Dia
Olasuppo Olusi
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