By the end of the 1990s, most industrial and many developing countries had liberalized their telecommunications markets to improve service accessibility and affordability for both businesses and households. In contrast, Algeria still managed its telecommunications sector as public property. The...

Over the past decade, Algeria has courageously attempted to modernize its financial system, despite social strife, and unique challenges posed by the large hydrocarbon sector. However, lending by state-owned banks, mostly to public entities, still dominates financial intermediation, financial...

This paper uses mirror statistics and research in the field to estimate the magnitude of Tunisia's informal trade with Libya and Algeria. The aim is to assess the scale of this trade and to evaluate the amount lost in taxes and duties as a result as well as to assess the local impact in terms of...

La vie de Djelloul Yagoubi (1892-1978) est emblématique de ces histoires d'immigration à l'américaine. Son itinéraire n'est pas un conte de fées, mais pas loin. Débarqué à Marseille en 1915 dans les rangs d'un bataillon du 1er régiment de tirailleurs algériens, échappe à la boucherie...

The Curious Case of the Green Transition: Managing a Historic Shift in Oil Exporting CountriesWhile the Middle East and North African (MENA) region is home to only 6% of the world’s population, it controls 60% of the world’s known oil resources and almost half of the world’s natural gas...