01567cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000732 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451811353 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Algeria : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998. 1 online resource (80 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix examines the possible policy responses of Algeria to the reduction of fiscal revenue and the deterioration of the external balance, and more generally the negative wealth effect on the country, stemming from the decline in oil prices. The paper highlights that in policymaking, a distinction between permanent and temporary shocks is necessarily blurred and does not contribute to working out pragmatic solutions. The paper also examines the privatization process in Algeria. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1998/087 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1998/087/002.1998.issue-087-en.xml IMF e-Library