The Arab Spring refers to a series of violent and non-violent revolutionary protests and demonstrations transpiring in Arab countries since December 18, 2010. CAUSES: High unemployment, food price inflation, corruption, lack of freedom of speech, poor living conditions. EFFECTS: Ouster of president Ben Ali Election to a costitutional assembly

2. WHAT IS ARAB SPRING ?
THE ARAB SPRING REFERS TO A SERIES OF
VIOLENT AND NON-VIOLENT
REVOLUTIONARY PROTESTS AND
DEMONSTRATIONS TRANSPIRING IN ARAB
COUNTRIES SINCE DECEMBER 18, 2010.

3. ON 17 DEC 2010
MOHAMMED BOUAZIZI,
TUNISIAN FRUIT-SELLER,
SELF-IMMOLATED TO PROTEST ABUSE
WHAT WAS THE IMMIDIATE CAUSE ?

4. WHAT WERE THE REASONS ?
•DICTATORSHIP
•ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
•HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
•CORRUPTION IN THE GOVERNMENT
•ECONOMIC DECLINE
•UNEMPLOYMENT
•EXTREME POVERTY

5. WHO WERE THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED ?

6. • UPRISINGS STARTED ON DECEMBER 2010.
• CAUSES:
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, FOOD PRICE INFLATION,
CORRUPTION, LACK OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH,
POOR LIVING CONDITIONS.
• EFFECTS:
OUSTER OF PRESIDENT BEN ALI ELECTION TO A
COSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY
WHAT HAPPENED IN TUNISIA ?

7. • TOURISTS ARRIVALS DOWN OF 40% IN APRIL
• HIGHER FOOD PRICES
• DECLINING OF CONSUMER CONFIDENCE
• INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DOWN 11%
• GDP GROWTH EXPECTED OF 1% IN 2011 LESS
THAN
3,5% OVER THE LAST YEAR
IS THERE ANY ECONOMIC IMPACTS TUNISIA GOT ?

8. •UPRISINGS STARTED ON 25 JANUARY 2011
•CAUSES :
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT,FOOD INFLACTION,
CORRUPTION,ELECTORAL FRAUD,LOW
MINIMUN WAGES,STATE EMERGENCY LAW
•POLITICAL EFFECTS:
OVERTHROW OF MUBARAK’S REGIME
WHAT HAPPENED IN EGYPT ?

9. •TOURISTS ARRIVAL DOWN OF 80% IN APRIL
•INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DOWN OF 24%
•INFLATION RATE AT 12%
•FOOD PRICE UP BY OVER 20%
•GDP GROWTH EXPECTED OF 1% LESS 5%
THAN OVER THE LAST YEAR
IS THERE ANY ECONOMIC IMPACTS EGYPT GOT ?

10. IS THE GDP CHANGED IN TUNISIA & EGYPT ?

11. •TO EXCLUDE CHINESE INTERESTS IN NORTH AFRICA
(GEOPOLITICAL STANDPOINT)
•TO CONTROL OIL PRODUCTION (TRADE STANDPOINT)
•TO ELIMINATE MUAMMAR GHADAFI (HISTORICAL STANDPOINT)
•TO IMPLEMENT THE DEMOCRACY (POLITICAL STANDPOINT)
WHY A WAR IN LIBYA ?

12. Month Value
Sept - 2010 75.93 $
Oct - 2010 76.14
Nov - 2010 84.56
Dec - 2010 90.1
Jan - 2011 92.6
March - 2011 104.42
WHAT HAPPEN TO OIL PRICES ?

13. • PARALYSIS OF LIBYAN SOVEREIGN FUNDS’
INVESTMENT
IN EU AND USA COUNTRIES
• HIKES OF OIL PRICE
• HIKES OF GLOBAL FOOD PRICES
• LOSS OF INVESTMENT IN ITALY
WHAT WERE THE IMPACTS AROUND THE WORLD ?

14. • TERMINATION OF TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP
SIGNED
IN 2008
• TERMINATION OF TRADE RELATIONS
• DECREASE IN OIL SUPPLY
• WITHDRAWAL OF SHARES BY LYBIAN
SOVEREIGN FUND IN ITALIAN COMPANIES
HOW THE WAR IMPACTS ITALY ?

15. • POLITICAL UNCERTAINITY
• GEOPOLITICAL INSTABILITY (ANARCHY)
• SHORTAGE IN THE OIL’ SUPPLY
• HIKES OF OIL’S PRICE
• WHO WILL RULE THE COUNTRY?
WHAT COMES NEXT ?