Expanding industrial output, including from its extractive industries, helped Ghana maintain economic momentum throughout 2018, with the prospect of a similar performance in the coming year.
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Economic update | Ghana: Year in Review 2018
22 Jan 2019
Articles & Analysis | Algeria's diplomatic relations contribute to rising levels of foreign trade from The Report: Algeria 2018
Since achieving independence in 1962, Algeria has pursued an activist foreign policy, pushing interests of developing countries through the Non-Aligned Movement, as well as in groups like the G-77. Current president of the republic, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, served as the 29th president of the UN General Assembly in 1974 during his lengthy term...
Interviews & Viewpoints | President Abdelaziz Bouteflika : Interview from The Report: Algeria 2018
Articles & Analysis | Reforms encourage recovery of Algeria's economy from The Report: Algeria 2018
Under its constitution, which was last amended in 2016, Algeria is a semi-presidential republic, with a president acting as head of state and a prime minister acting as head of government. Elected for a five-year term, the president is empowered to appoint the prime minister and a council of ministers, following consultation with the...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China : Viewpoint from The Report: Algeria 2018
With similar pasts and a common mission, China and Africa have extended sympathy to and helped each other throughout the years, and together, we have embarked on a distinctive path of win-win cooperation.
Articles & Analysis | Demographics and hydrocarbons invigorate Algeria's economic outlook from The Report: Algeria 2018
Algeria’s population reached 42.3m by the end of 2018, making it the second-largest country in North Africa after Egypt, which surpassed 100m earlier in the year. With demographic growth of 1.7% in 2017, Algeria’s Ministry of Health expects that the population will reach 51m by 2030. The population remains relatively young, with a median age...