Advancing Energy Transition While on the Road to Democracy: Tunisia's Double Challenge

Abstract

In countries undergoing a fragile political transition under dire economic conditions such as Tunisia, an energy transition toward equitable and sustainable development is an intricate undertaking. The energy transition in Tunisia, which was first initiated in 2009 and reviewed in 2012, has been tackled from a largely techno-economic prism which underemphasizes the transition’s significant socio-political dimension in the post-revolution context. As the country sets to move forward with its democratization process, the energy transition should ideally push in the same political direction and adopt both participatory and inclusionary approaches that go hand in hand with technological and market-led solutions.