Algeria: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund

No 1998/087, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix examines the possible policy responses of Algeria to the reduction of fiscal revenue and the deterioration of the external balance, and more generally the negative wealth effect on the country, stemming from the decline in oil prices. The paper highlights that in policymaking, a distinction between permanent and temporary shocks is necessarily blurred and does not contribute to working out pragmatic solutions. The paper also examines the privatization process in Algeria.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; government; enterprise; trade diversion; Algeria; country; GDP ratio; private sector; exchange rate; loss-making enterprise; government dominance; free trade; joint stock; national income; terms of trade; utilities company; Exports; Privatization; Public enterprises; Oil prices; Tariffs; North Africa; Eastern Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 80
Date: 1998-10-05
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