Author: Afef Hammami Marrakchi, Professor at Sfax Faculty of Law
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What role can local authorities in Tunisia play as part of the country’s response to COVID-19? This paper examines the opportunities offered to Tunisian municipalities (communes) by the Local Government Act but also the real constraints – human, logistical, and financial – that these new devolved structures face as they seek to play a key role in the recovery.