A Report On The Tunisian Government

People in this world rely on the resource that technology provides in general. This source helps many to connect across the world. It’s provides network system, hardware, software or multimedia. Information technology (Wikipedia). It really benefits bureaucrats by accessing information on the computer about budgeting the money that the government spends each fiscal year. (Milakovich &Gordon, 2014). Technology enhances the government in many different ways. It enhances the government by reducing cost, approve satisfaction to citizen, and increase efficiency for the work process in the government. (Milakovich &Gordon, 2014). Technology allowed government to provide efficient documents online to review. The faster service online is a great way for government to get a positive image instead of

1. The country of Tunisia sits atop the northernmost point in Africa, surrounded by Algeria to the west, Libya to the east, and the Mediterranean Sea and Europe to the north. It has occupied this territory since its foundation under the Ottoman empire.1 Since then its rulership has transitioned from regime to regime; each with a history of civil war and corruption.2 The most recent of these ended in revolution in 2011, when Tunisia overthrew its dictator, and established a new constitution and elected government.3 Today it is the only democracy in the Arab world.4 This outcome was internationally championed as a success story, evident by the 2015 Nobel peace prize awarded to the union leaders, lawyers, and human rights activists who facilitated the dialogue between politicians and the workforce for the construction of a new democratic system.5 However, the same economic problems of the previous regime still remain and threaten the political stability that many of Tunisia’s allies, including the United States of America (U.S.), hope to see.6 This paper explores Tunisia through the cultural domains of Politics and Social Relations, Economy and Resources, and finally the country’s relation to U.S. interests.

Unlike developed countries, countries that are undeveloped have a huge digital divide. Globally, the digital divide is increasing because many citizens living on undeveloped countries has less than 1 percent of computer and internet access. In Africa, less than ten percent of the population have used a computer. Majority of nations in Africa’s yearly internet access cost more than the yearly income (“Digital Divide” 1-2).

To the world’s surprise, a revolution beginning in Tunisia seemed quite unlikely since comparatively, their government did not deprive its citizens of basic rights to the point of extreme oppression. This was in large part due to Tunisia’s economy being reliant upon tourism, and because a lack of freedom would deter tourists thereby harming the economy, Ben Ali had to allow people more freedom than he would have preferred. For a dictator, these new

Despite what some scholars may argue, I believe that Africa already possesses the know-how it needs to advance and ICTs, while useful is many ways, do not bring about meaningful economic improvements in the lives of the

(Sivaprasad & JangaJe, 2012): With the introduction of Information Technology in the business, every organization that comprises IT has started to take benefits of this technology. This is done by attaining the advantage over other competitors in the market, by providing new features to the customers after incorporating technology at the operational side specially, increasing the operational speed and reducing the probability for any error in operations. (Wen, 2012): IT also assists higher management in the process of decision making.

An important part of the broadband expansion project is the support it has received from international organizations that have taken a great interest in this subject in recent years. UNESCO was involved in the founding of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development in 2010. A recent report by the Broadband Commission recognizes broadband as “a transformational technology, whose global roll-out carries vast potential for sustainable development—by enhancing learning opportunities, facilitating exchange of information and increasing access to content that is linguistically and culturally diverse.” Education is certainly a major part of the Commission’s vision. Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, writes, “We must make the most of broadband to widen access to quality education for all and to empower all citizens with the knowledge, skills and values they need to live and work successfully in the digital age.”

The Kingdom of Morocco, is located on the Northwestern coast Africa and it’s the first country to recognize the sovereignty of the United States in 1777. As Morocco was, and still is, a constitutional monarchy, America created a system that established itself based on federalism, distributing power equally among the original 13 states. As Morocco was, and still is, a constitutional monarchy, America made a system that established itself based on federalism, equally distributing power among the original 13 states. A written constitution formed the glue between the three branches of power – the legislative, the judicial and the executive. In Morocco, there is in fact no written constitution, despite the fact that there is a constitution, consisting of numerous sources and not only one like in the USA. The American Constitution is flexible as it has Amendments added to it, making it possible to change as time goes by.

In the late 1950’s when Gamel Abdel Nasser was president of Egypt, my grandparents lived in Alexandria. Being that my great grandparents were from Jerusalem, my grandparents were extremely proud to be born and raised as a Jew in Egypt. Around the age of 18 years old, my grandparents and their families were kicked out of Egypt because of their religion. Nasser insisted that all Jews flee Egypt immediately or they would be thrown in jail. Since my family had no other choice but to leave their home country, they decided to come to New York to try and start a new life. Although it was extremely difficult for them to start over in a foreign country without any property or money, they moved to the U.S. with hopes to become successful.

Although technology has always held potential as an engine of economic growth for transforming developing nations, critics argue that in practice this promise has often mainly served to benefit the industrialized worlds (Pippa, p6). The internet was originally an English text medium and although it is now graphic it is fair to say that it is still very much a text based, therefore users also must be literate. If basic literacy is a barrier to access most of the world poor could be excluded from the information revolution even if computing equipment became more widely available (Pippa, p59). “One fifth of the world’s population remains illiterate and the total rises to 40 percent or more of those living in Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Southern Asia (Pippa, p59).” Not only must an internet user be literate but since most of the language on the internet is

The sociopolitical environment in Tunisia prior to the revolution provides an essential explanation for the events that transpired. As stated by Tariq Ramadan, “Tunisia is not a democracy. It is a dictatorship that carried out political assassinations and torture, and whose government lives off the most widespread corruption” (Jdey 82). Many issues were present under the leadership of such a troubled government. A significant number of cities within Tunisia, which have been referred to as “areas of darkness,” were located outside of the central cities and suffered greatly. In these secluded areas there were weak economic institutions and a strong presence of poverty. Any sort of benefit Tunisia as a country received was likely to never reach these secluded cities (Saidani 46).

The rapid growth in technology which ushered in the information age has become the basis for defining power in the modern societies. It is a widely accepted fact that no modern economy can thrive without an integral information technology and telecommunications infrastructure on board.

The present world is the world of technology. Computers and advancement of technology is playing an increasingly crucial role in today’s world. More and more countries are increasingly moving towards a digital economy. The sovereign governments can take important and useful inputs through analysis of vast ocean of data and efficient use of technology, in the formulation of economic and social policies and programs. A vast amount of data is collected by various entities and if data is properly organised, analysed and stored, it can be of immense use to the stakeholders.

UK experienced a long term economic growth, and the main driving force of economic is capital input, and ICT capital input rather than real economic efficiency; however, the capital input and investment into ICT cannot increasing for a long term.

Information and communication technology has become a key element for the development in tourism; it is no longer an option for those in charge of the sector, but the inevitability imposed by the current economic conditions for the development of the tourism industry. Under the Tourism Promotion efforts, Tunisia is seeking to use e-marketing system to keep up with developments in the field of international tourism marketing. Constant communication between the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Ministry of Tourism aims to use ICTs tools to maximize communication between tourists and the tourist attractions in Tunisia. Those tools aim to: