Tunisia: Poverty rate down, middle class growing

Tunisia's Ministry of Development revealed recently that the poverty rate in the country has fallen to 3.8%, compared to 4.2% in 2005. The Ministry report specifies that 376,000 people are living beneath the poverty threshold in Tunisia. During a press conference, Mohamed Nouri Jouini, Minister of Development and International Co-operation, said the National Census Institute used new methods to determine the poverty figures.