Algeria Investment Climate Assessment

This investment climate assessment is part of a series of analytical works on prepared by the World Bank with the aim of laying out the basis for the elaboration of the Bank's country assistance strategy for the country. It is based on three pieces of work undertaken in parallel in Algeria between January 2002 and march 2003: an investment climate survey of 562 Algerian firms, policy work resulting from a series of four missions to Algeria; and a foreign investors survey of 57 European investors from France, Italy and Spain. The report is organized as follows: chapter I gives a general background of the main macroeconomic issues in Algeria, recent developments, and a brief description of the enterprise sector. Chapter II presents the main findings of the ICA survey, with a particular focus on differences among types of firms (size, ownership, sector and age). It also estimates the effect of the investment climate on productivity and wages. Summaries of the main institutional issues and policy recommendations complement the quantitative assessments of the constraints. In each area, international comparisons are presented, based on similar surveys in other countries or other sources. It also includes a summary of the findings of the potential foreign investors survey. Chapter III builds on the survey evidence to identify the priority institutional reforms needed to improve the investment climate in Algeria. As a result, a short to medium term strategy for private sector development is proposed, which includes a detailed set of reform actions.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2003-06-29
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCOUNTING, AGRICULTURE, AIR, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, BENCHMARKING, CAPITAL STOCK, CENTRAL PLANNING, COMMAND ECONOMY, COMPARATIVE STUDIES, COMPETITIVE PRESSURES, COMPETITIVENESS, CPI, CUSTOMS, DEBT, DEFICITS, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC REFORM, ECONOMICS RESEARCH, EXCHANGE RATE, EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES, EXPORTS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FISCAL YEAR, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTORS, GDP, GDP PER CAPITA, GLOBAL TRADE, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH RATES, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMPORT SUBSTITUTION, IMPORTS, INCOME, INCOME COUNTRIES, INFLATION, INFLATION RATE, INTEREST RATE, INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENT GROWTH, INVESTMENT LIBERALIZATION, INVESTMENT RESPONSE, LABOR COSTS, LABOR MARKET, LEGAL STATUS, LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCAL FIRMS, LOCAL MARKET, MACROECONOMIC POLICIES, MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION, MANAGERS, MARKETING, OIL, OIL PRICE, OIL PRICES, OPERATING INCOME, PARTNERSHIP, POLICY REFORMS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, PRICE FLUCTUATIONS, PRIVATE INSTITUTION, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATIZATION, PRODUCTIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PUBLIC ENTERPRISES, PUBLIC GOOD, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SERVICES, REAL EXCHANGE RATES, REAL GDP, RESEARCH CENTERS, RETAINED EARNINGS, SCHOOLS, SOCIAL SECURITY, STATE INTERVENTION, STRUCTURAL REFORMS, STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT, TAX ADMINISTRATION, TAXATION, TERMS OF TRADE, TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY, TRADE PROTECTION, TRANSPORT, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, UNFAIR COMPETITION, VALUE ADDED, WAGES, WORKERS, WORKING CAPITAL, WORLD TRADE, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, WTO INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT, ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, ENTERPRISE SIZE, SMALL & MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES, ACCESS TO CREDIT, ACCESS TO CAPITAL MARKETS, ACCESS TO JUDICIAL SYSTEMS, ACCESS TO JUSTICE, ACCESS TO LAND, ACCESS TO LENDING, ACCESS TO PUBLIC TELEPHONE LINES, ACCESS TO WATER, PUBLIC SERVICES DELIVERY, INFRASTRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT & OPERATIONS POLICY, MARKET ACCESS, TELECOMMUNICATION LINES, CORRUPT PRACTICES, GOVERNMENT ROLE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2862897/algeria-investment-climate-assessment https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14602
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