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Author Sorsa, Piritta, 1955-

Title Algeria-- the real exchange rate, export diversification, and trade protection / prepared by Piritta Sorsa
Published [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Policy Development and Review Department, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (24 pages) : illustrations
Series IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/99/49
IMF working paper ; WP/99/49.
Summary The oil sector has been a dominant feature of Algeria's economy for decades making it vulnerable to changes in world oil markets. Dependence on oil and related products is striking even when compared to a number of other oil-exporting countries (Table 1)-hydrocarbons in Algeria accounted for 95 percent of exports, 60 percent of government revenue, and 30 percent of GDP in 1997. Therefore, the reduction in the dependence on oil and other hydrocarbons including the development of other exports, and the creation of a sustainable basis for growth have been the main long term objectives of the government's adjustment effort since 1994. But despite successful stabilization in the past few years, progress in the structural areas has been slower. The pickup of growth in the nonhydrocarbon sector and exports has not yet materialized. For example, non-oil exports in 1998 were still only 5 percent of total
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 24)
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Subject Foreign exchange rates -- Algeria
Free trade -- Algeria
Protectionism -- Algeria
Petroleum industry and trade -- Algeria
Exports -- Algeria
Commerce
Exports
Foreign exchange rates
Free trade
Petroleum industry and trade
Protectionism
SUBJECT Algeria -- Commerce
Subject Algeria
Form Electronic book
Author International Monetary Fund. Policy Development and Review Department.
ISBN 1451893957
9781451893953
1281600628
9781281600622
1462305636
9781462305636
1452706891
9781452706894
9786613781314
6613781312
9781451846829
1451846827
Other Titles Algeria