Having made considerable gains in health care provision over the past five decades, Algeria has been undergoing a transition in terms of its health challenges. With improved basic health indicators in the field of infectious diseases, the country is now battling a rise in chronic disease affecting the population. This is being accomplished through a combination of public...
Unemployment remains one of the most important challenges facing the government. Despite steady economic growth, bureaucracy and tight regulations for private sector operators have sometimes prevented the economy from creating enough jobs at a fast enough rate. Addressing the parliament in mid-2014, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said that the country had been able to...
Despite its unique natural and historical heritage, Algeria’s tourism sector has long struggled to transform into an important component of the country’s economy. The tourism industry was positively galvanised after independence in 1962, and the North African country experienced relative success in attracting visitors during the 1960s and 1970s.
Establishing the right type of incentives to attract private investment has commonly been one of the major challenges authorities have faced in developing the tourism sector. To solve this, the Algerian government has been strengthening a score of Tourism Investment Zones (Zone d’Expansion Touristique, ZET) across the country to try to funnel private investment into the...
Authorities have made food security a top priority in the last five years, considering Algeria’s growing population, rising consumption and income levels, and its exposure to volatile commodity prices. Food imports increased nearly 65% in the last five years from €4.3bn in 2009 to €7bn in 2013. Food represented 17.5% of total imports in 2013, and its value has continued...
Agriculture is an anchor of Algeria’s non-hydrocarbons economy, contributing 8.9% of GDP and employing over 2.4m people in 2013. The government has made it a priority to boost domestic production to reduce its ever-rising import bill and end the country’s reliance on imports of dietary staples such as cereals and milk. Algeria has made great strides since the 2008 launch...
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