#Zaama, should the government decrease the wages mass?

Since 2011, successive governments in Tunisia fell between two key problems, social demands and structural reforms of the economy, which required a stable social situation.

These facts have led successive governments to respond to people’s demands, mainly in terms of employment, through creating public service jobs being the easiest option, while neglecting development and fundamental reforms of the economy.

As years went by, public servants’ numbers increased while economic growth decreased, which caused high inflation levels as the Tunisian Dinar collapsed. These factors created a new challenge for the government, which is the huge increase of the wages mass. 

The Tunisian government struggles continues to grow, especially with the high demand on external loans and  IMF’s structural adjustment plan which provides that the government must control the wages mass, and decrease it to 14% of GDP. 

For all these reasons, the Munathara initiative chose this topic for its 11th episode. 

#Zaama, should the government decrease the wages mass?