The new Tunisian economic plan targets 8.3 billion Tunisian Dinars worth of investments in 2002. This figure translates into a 3.8 percent growth compared with recorded investments in the previous year of 2001, reported Al-Hayat . The private sector is expected to contribute 55 percent of the targeted amount for 2002 of which one billion Tunisian Dinars will be allocated to the local agricultural sector for the completion of irrigation and agricultural projects. — (menareport.com)
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