Algeria: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 2006/101, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper for Algeria analyzes the potential economic impact of Algeria’s Association Agreement with the European Union (AAEU). The paper lays out the major elements of Algeria’s AAEU and makes a comparison with other AAEUs. It discusses the potential economic implications (costs and benefits) of the agreement, and elaborates economic policy issues and challenges. The paper also takes stock of Algeria’s business climate as the authorities consider the use of the fiscal space created by higher hydrocarbon revenues to tackle Algeria’s jobs challenge.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; government; country; Algeria; firm; enterprise; small and medium-sized enterprise; labor-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises; trade diversion; hydrocarbon sector; jobs challenge; trade liberalization; Algeria's AAEU; trade partner; retard enterprise restructuring; face in Algeria; Corporate income tax; Payroll tax; Tariffs; Business environment; Maghreb; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47
Date: 2006-03-09
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