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  Algeria: Economy — FactMonster.com
About 15% of Algeria's workers are engaged in farming; agriculture contributes less to the country's GDP than either mining or manufacturing.
Algeria's main trade partners are France, the United States, Italy, Spain, and Germany.
Algeria is a member of the Arab League.
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 Algeria - MSN Encarta
Algeria was a colony of France from the mid-19th century until it won independence in 1962 in one of the bloodiest independence struggles in history.
Algeria’s economy was underdeveloped and based largely on agriculture at the time of independence, and the government soon began efforts to modernize it.
Algeria is bounded on the east by Tunisia and Libya; on the south by Niger, Mali, and Mauritania; and on the west by Morocco.
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 Algeria ECONOMY
Algeria is the largest supplier of natural gas to the EU.
During the late 1970s, as oil prices rose, real economic growth topped 20% annually, with the manufacturing sector averaging about 15%; during 1980–81, however, the rate dropped to 7–8% because of the weakening oil market, and a decline of 5% was registered in 1982, followed by an average annual growth rate of 4.5% during 1983–86.
Before independence, the Algerian economy was almost completely dependent on the Europeans, who employed more than 90% of those working in industry and commerce, accounted for about 90% of gross business earnings, and provided some 90% of the country's private investment.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Algeria-ECONOMY.html   (598 words)

  
 Algeria the Economy
Algeria's main physical resources are hydrocarbons: 3.2 trillion cubic meters of proven natural gas reserves and 9.2 billion barrels in recoverable reserves of crude oil.
Algeria, with 4 percent of proven world reserves of natural gas, ranks fifth in the world; moreover, only 17 percent of the reserves have been exploited.
Algeria's development plans reflected the progress made toward achieving the goals of economic growth, infrastructure building, and movement from a government-dominated economy to decentralized reliance on market forces.
www.country-studies.com /algeria/the-economy.html   (607 words)

  
 Algeria in Jakarta
Algeria celebrated its 47th Anniversary of the November First Revolution - marking the outbreak in 1954 of the struggle for national liberation - in Jakarta with its ambassador to Indonesia, Soufiane Mimouni, holding a cocktail party at the Meridien Hotel.
Algeria is now set to finalize by the end of this year talks on a global partnership agreement with the European Union, and is preparing its entry to the World Trade Organization, reaffirming its ambition to become an important player in the world economy.
Algeria is indeed determined to ensure its successful integration in the global economy and to take advantage of the opportunities offered by globalization.
www.algeria-id.org /relations/Algeria_Indonesia_share_historic_ties.php   (1102 words)

  
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Prior to independence in 1962 Algeria's economy had been dominated by agriculture for a millennium and was known as 'the breadbasket of the Roman empire'.
Algeria has the fifth-largest reserves of natural gas in the world and is the second largest gas exporter.
The government continued its efforts to diversify the economy by attracting foreign and domestic investment outside the energy sector, but unemployment and improving living standards have not successfully dealt with.
www.arab.net /algeria/aa_economy.htm   (278 words)

  
 Algeria (by L. Proyect)
The basic premise was that a modernized Algerian economy that achieved rapid industrialization would achieve a high degree of growth that would enable the peasant masses to be absorbed into the new economy.
Capitalism had never been abolished in Algeria, as it was in Cuba, so there ample opportunities for it to grow in the booming energy-based economy.
Less than 2% of Algeria's trade was with Third World countries and only 5.7% and 1.2%, respectively, of its exports and imports were with the Soviet block in the early 1980s.
www.columbia.edu /~lnp3/mydocs/state_and_revolution/algeria.htm   (1322 words)

  
 Strategic Resource Group
Algeria refused international mediation and kept the outside world largely in the dark about the war within its borders.
Algeria is divided into 48 wilaya (state or province) headed by walis (governors) who report to the Minister of Interior.
Algeria was originally inhabited by Berbers until the Arabs conquered North Africa in the 7th century.
www.srginc.org /algeria.html   (2736 words)

  
 Algeria Political, Economic Environmental Information News
A.D., Algeria was conquered by the Vandals (430–31), the Byzantine Empire (6th cent.), and finally, in the late 7th and early 8th cent., by the Arabs, whose introduction of Islam profoundly altered the character of the area.
France invaded Algeria in 1830 and declared it a colony in 1848.
Fundamentalists launched a guerrilla insurrection, and Algeria was torn by violence from both sides, resulting in an estimated 50,000 deaths by the mid-1990s.
en.marweb.com /maghreb/algeria   (815 words)

  
 Economy of Algeria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Algeria has the seventh-largest reserves of natural gas in the world (2.7% of proven world total) and is the second-largest gas exporter; it ranks 14th for oil reserves.
Algeria's economy has grown at about 2.4% annually since 1999 and reached growth of over 6.6% in 2003 and 5.2% in 2004.
In 2001, Algeria concluded an Association Agreement with the European Union, which was ratified in 2005 by both Algeria and the EU and took effect in September of that same year.
infotut.com /geography/Algeria/Economy   (1160 words)

  
 Economy Of Algeria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Algeria has the seventh-largest reserves of natural gas in the world and is the second-largest gas exporter; it ranks 14th in oil reserves.
The government's continued efforts to diversify the economy by attracting foreign and domestic investment outside the energy sector, however, has had little success in reducing high unemployment and improving living standards.
If you would like to use this map of Algeria or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/algeria_country_economy.shtml   (433 words)

  
 Algeria Economy - overview - Economy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Algeria has the seventh-largest reserves of natural gas in the world and is the second-largest gas exporter; it ranks 14th in oil reserves.
The government's continued efforts to diversify the economy by attracting foreign and domestic investment outside the energy sector, however, has had little success in reducing high unemployment and improving living standards.
Structural reform within the economy, such as development of the banking sector and the construction of infrastructure, moves ahead slowly hampered by corruption and bureaucratic resistance.
www.indexmundi.com /algeria/economy_overview.html   (277 words)

  
 SOS Children's Villages - Algeria , culture, economy and history
Algeria has four main physical regions, which extend east to west across the country in parallel zones.
France annexed Algeria in the 1830s, and in the 1840s colonists poured into the country, developing a modern economy.
The constitution of 1976 defined Algeria as a socialist state under FLN leadership, and Boumedienne was legally elected president.
www.sos-childrensvillages.org /html/country_information_algeria.html   (1281 words)

  
 The African Executive | Algeria — A brief history.
Algeria's modern borders were created by the French, whose colonization began in 1830.
The referendum was held in Algeria on July 1, 1962, and France declared Algeria independent on July 3.
Algeria became caught in a cycle of violence, which became increasingly random and indiscriminate.
www.africanexecutive.com /modules/magazine/articles.php?article=93   (1847 words)

  
 Algeria in Jakarta
Indeed, the economy is now growing, there is a balanced budget, foreign currency reserves are being replenished, the inflation rate is kept at low level and external debt has been reduced.
This positive performance, which clearly indicates that Algeria is on the right path, need now to be sustained by further efforts aimed at maintaining a sustainable level of economic growth and creating employment.
The recent surge of foreign delegations in Algeria shows clearly that foreign partners and international financial institutions are a new manifesting a great deal of interest for the Algerian market and the business opportunities it offers.
www.algeria-id.org /economytrade1.php   (636 words)

  
 Economy of Algeria
Economy - overview: In Algeria, the hydrocarbons sector is the backbone of the economy, accounting for roughly 52% of budget revenues, 25% of GDP, and over 95% of export earnings.
The soil of Algeria everywhere favours the growth of the vine.
Minerals: Algeria is rich in minerals; the country has many iron, lead and zinc, copper, calamine, antimony and mercury mines.
www.fastload.org /ec/Economy_of_Algeria.html   (1427 words)

  
 Algeria - The World of Work   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In 1962, agriculture dominated the economy, and Algeria was able to supply most of its own food.
Algeria is one of the main oil- and gas-producing countries in Africa and a member of OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries).
Algeria invested in the tourist industry in the 1980s and built hotels and resorts along the Mediterranean, but the civil war and continuing unrest have deterred tourism.
www.cp-pc.ca /english/algeria/work.html   (384 words)

  
 Algeria: ECONOMY
Overview: Algeria’s economy is in the midst of a difficult and halting transition from state control to an open market.
Algeria’s climate and periodic fires are not conducive to a thriving forestry industry.
Algeria’s fishing industry does not take full advantage of the Mediterranean coast, in part because fishing is generally done from small family-owned boats instead of large commercial fishing trawlers.
www.mongabay.com /reference/new_profiles/909.html   (3207 words)

  
 Algeria (08/06)
Algeria is divided into 48 wilayates (states or provinces) headed by walis (governors) who report to the Minister of Interior.
Algeria is a leading military power in the region and has demonstrated remarkable success in its struggle against terrorism.
Algeria has traditionally practiced an activist foreign policy and in the 1960s and 1970s was noted for its support of Third World policies and independence movements.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/8005.htm   (5838 words)

  
 Economy of Qatar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Petroleum is the cornerstone of Qatar's economy and accounts for more than 70% of total government revenue, more than 60% of gross domestic product, and roughly 85% of export earnings.
With the economy recovering in the 1990s, expatriate populations, particularly from Egypt and South Asia, have grown again.
The economy was boosted in 1991 by completion of the $1.5-billion Phase I of North Field gas development.
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 US-Algeria Business Council
In Algeria, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Participation and Investment, the Ministry of Water Resources, the National Office of Viniculture, as well as private farms are coordinating to attract American investment in the filed of agriculture.
By the millennium, Algeria was importing over $250 million of agricultural products from the United States, and this number continues to grow annually.
Algeria is rich in resources and boasts an ideal climate for farming and the rearing of livestock.
www.us-algeria.org /fran/agriculture-us-africa.html   (440 words)

  
 Algeria: Economy
Algeria's economy is to a major degree determined by the present political situation.
Algeria has had a considerable middle class and upper class, but a growing portion of the population has lost the benefits of the society.
The welfare system, once working well in Algeria, has gradually weakened to such a level that in many areas only the voluntary Islamists have anything to offer the sick, the poor and the unemployed.
i-cias.com /e.o/algeria_2.htm   (261 words)

  
 Economy - Algeria - Africa
While Algeria is one of the wealthiest nations of Africa, declining oil prices reduced the annual income per capita to $1,580 in 2000, down from $2,360 in 1988.
Agriculture plays a declining but still important role in the Algerian economy.
The GDP grew an average of 1.87 percent annually in the period from 1990 to 2000.
www.countriesquest.com /africa/algeria/economy.htm   (123 words)

  
 Algeria Political, Economic Environmental Information News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Economy - overview: The hydrocarbons sector is the backbone of the economy, accounting for roughly 52% of budget revenues, 25% of GDP, and over 95% of export earnings.
Algiers' efforts to reform one of the most centrally planned economies in the Arab world stalled in 1992 as the country became embroiled in political turmoil.
The government has continued efforts to diversify the economy by attracting foreign and domestic investment outside the energy sector, but has had little success in reducing high unemployment and improving living standards.
www.algerieonline.com /economy.htm   (358 words)

  
 FREE In-depth report - Economy - Algeria
Economy dominated by hydrocarbon sector, mainly oil, but diversifying into natural gas and refined products.
Economy contracted sharply during latter half of 1980s and early 1990s; per capita GDP declined from US$2,752 in 1987 to US$1,570 in 1992.
Minerals: Hydrocarbon sector, mainstay of economy and main source of exports, constituted 23 percent of GDP in 1990.
www.exploitz.com /Algeria-Economy-cg.php   (424 words)

  
 Who destroyed Algeria's economy
And with most of the revenues from oil and gas going to service the interest on external debts, and the non-oil and -gas sectors of the economy in a state of near-collapse, the country's foreign currency reserves dwindling, and unemployment soaring to at least 33 percent, the situation can only get worse.
A recent report by a semi-official Algerian organisation charges this sorry state of affairs to the sole reliance on oil and gas exports and the absence of "an economic policy and a clear strategy".
It was in February of that year that the proud Algerian 'socialist and revolutionary' ruling elite accepted for the first time - on humiliating terms - a typically capitalist structural programme dictated by the IMF in return for the reschedulement of debts.
www.muslimedia.com /archives/oaw99/alg-econo.htm   (855 words)

  
 Algeria - Economy
Economic policy reforms supported by the IMF and debt rescheduling from the Paris Club in the past decade have helped improve Algeria's financial and macroeconomic indicators.
Because of sustained high oil prices in the past three years, Algeria's finances have further benefited from substantial trade surpluses and record foreign exchange reserves.
Structural reform within the economy moves ahead slowly.
www.aneki.com /economy/Algeria_economy.html   (298 words)

  
 Mafia threatens Algeria’s economy, by Fayçal Karabadji
In these circumstances, where private interests are trying to take control of the economy with the complicity of international bodies that pretend not to know what is going on, the question of the privatisation of public enterprises is a very hot potato.
In plain language, this means that the lobbies that want Algeria to continue to import medicines, rather than manufacture them, are behind the attacks.
Given great prominence in the media, the case also highlights the fact that Algeria, which has officially adopted a market economy, has done nothing to reform its commercial and business law, as a former Sider executive in France confirms.
mondediplo.com /1998/09/05alger   (1669 words)

  
 afrol News - Strong economic growth in Algeria
Algeria has experienced solid economic growth during the last six years, although the situation around year 2000 - with a growth rate of 2.2 percent - looked rather pessimistic.
While growth prospects were said to remain favourable in the period immediately ahead, IMF directors in their analysis underscored that "the Algerian economy continues to face serious challenges."
Algeria's "pressing social and infrastructure needs" would continue to call for "high levels of investment in the coming years," the IMF concluded.
www.afrol.com /printable_article/11113   (553 words)

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