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Algeria: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
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International Monetary Fund
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Series:
IMF Staff Country Reports
Volume/Issue:
Volume 1998: Issue 087
Language:
English
Publication Date:
05 Oct 1998
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451811353.002
ISBN:
9781451811353
ISSN:
1934-7685
Pages:
80
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
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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.
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ISSN:
1934-7685
Publisher:
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