Algeria
Note from GPN:
From the early 1990s until 2005, between 150,000-200,000 Algerians were assassinated by religious fundamentalists. The cease-fire agreement made it illegal for Algerians to describe this period without special permission. Algerians are required to call this period a "national tragedy" and are not to refer to it as a "war." Obviously, such an event has had a profound and continuing effect on society and the economy. Readers of the following report should keep this in mind.
--Tony Avirgan
Global Policy Network (GPN)
Economic analysis in Algeria suffers from the absence of accurate, up-to-date statistics. Nevertheless, it is possible to see a high incidence of poverty—estimated at 30% of the population—and an increase in employment. However, much of the increase in employment is in the informal economy accompanied by a decline in jobs in manufacturing and agriculture. Many of the new jobs being created are going to women. This is due to increased education of women, deterioration of social barriers blocking women from working and rising poverty that forces women into the workforce. The structural adjustment program, begun in 1994-95, still constrains government spending on social programs and is largely responsible for the increase in poverty. Rising oil prices since 2000 are responsible for growing employment.
- To read a detailed labor market analysis for Algeria, download one of the following:
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- Pour lire une analyse détaillée sur le marché du travail au Algeria, veuillez cliquer sur un des liens suivants:
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Submitted by:
K. BENMOUFFOK
Consultant
kabeumeu@yahoo.fr
Update posted December 21, 2006.
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