Dr. Raouf Jaziri / M Anis Salem / Maître. Wassim Kouki
Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Established by Decree-Law No. 2022-15 and revised by Decree-Law No. 2025-3, community-based companies form the 'third pillar' of the Tunisian economy. They combine collective initiative, local roots, democratic governance, and limited-profit status in the service of social justice and regional development.This book offers the first systematic academic analysis of this system. Across eleven chapters, it examines its origins, situates it within the international landscape of the social and solidarity economy, analyzes the rules governing their formation, governance, and profit distribution, evaluates the incentive framework, and presents an empirical assessment based on data from the Observatory of Community-Based Enterprises in Tunisia (https://ahli.tn).At the intersection of law, economics, and management, this book is intended for researchers, students, practitioners, and policymakers. It sheds light on the strengths, weaknesses, and conditions for consolidating a model that is still in its infancy but holds great promise: building an economy from the ground up, rooted in local communities and oriented toward the common good.
