VOL. XLI

No. 37

14-September-1998

ALGERIA

Finance Minister Says Algerian Reform Package On Track

Algeria's Minister of Finance, Mr. 'Abd al-Karim Harchaoui, confirmed in an interviewwith the Egyptian daily al-Ahram on 29 August that Algeria's structural adjustmentprogram has succeeded in allowing the country to absorb a number of shocks to the economy.Mr. Harchaoui said that the ongoing reform package will ultimately address the effects ofcurrency devaluation and price liberalization, which...