Algeria: Selected Economic Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 1996/071, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper examines institutional reforms in Algeria during the 1990s. A major step toward price liberalization was taken in April 1994, through the abolition of controls on profit margins for most commodities, except for edible oils, sugar, medicines, school supplies, coffee and tobacco, and five cereal products, which were transferred from the category of goods with administered prices to that of goods with controlled profit margins. The paper also reviews the performance of fiscal policy and future prospects for it.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; exchange rate; minimum wage; real GDP; labor market; debt service; indirect tax; U.S. dollar; managed float; unit price; demand management; excess demand; competition law; enterprise manager; labor intensity; construction firm; loss-making enterprise; sanction loss-making enterprise; a number of enterprise; private sector investment; Public enterprises; Housing; Employment; Public sector; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 101
Date: 1996-08-26
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