Industrialisation de l’Algérie : l’obstacle des droits de propriété

Talahite, Fatiha

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“…The first years after the strategy was implemented, Algeria witnessed rapid growth driven by investment, and made progress in transforming its economy in the mid-1960s and 1970s. However, since the early 1980s, the country saw a slowdown in growth followed by long periods of stagnation and frequent crises (Hill 2004;Lowi 2009;Talahite 2018).…”

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“…Finally, several scholars have emphasized the important impact of the country's institutional inheritance on the industrialization process and highlighted various types of 'government failure', lack of political commitment, 'capture' by interest groups, lack of bureaucratic capabilities as reasons of failure (Hill 2004;Lowi 2009;Begga and Merghit 2014;Talahite 2018).…”

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The failure of Algeria’s industrialization strategy, 1967–1989: a new structural economics perspective

Haouas¹,

Lin

2024

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Following the New Structural Economics theoretical framework, this article attempts to explain why Algeria’s industrialization strategy has failed over the period 1967-1989. Based on this approach, this paper has shown that the overdevelopment of a big push industrialization strategy in Algeria since independence, which prioritized capital –intensive heavy industry, violates the comparative advantage principle identified by its factor endowments and gives rise to domestic market distortions and the misallocation of scarce resources. Simultaneously, to scaffold such a development mode, the Algerian government put forth an organic system, yet deeply distorted. We conclude that the experience engendered serious weaknesses in Algeria’s industrial structure and planning, and it resulted in an unbalanced economic structure. Thus, Algeria’s industrialization strategy was disappointing in terms of economic outcomes and impact. This failure is often perceived as one of the main origins of the political, social and economic crisis faced by the country for more than a decade. Our findings suggest that the redesign of growth and industrialization strategies should better reflect Algeria’s endowments structure and level of development. Indeed, consistency of a broad–based and industry–based economy with its comparative advantage is one of the best ways to achieve high sustainable economic growth in Algeria.

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2024

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“…The American Journal of Economics and Sociology Talahite (2019) also addresses the nature of property rights. Since Alchian (1965), property rights refer to the use of resources in a society.…”

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“…The right of private property corresponds to the case where an individual (actor) owns the whole bundle. Talahite (2019) also addresses the nature of property rights. Since Alchian (1965), property rights refer to the use of resources in a society.…”

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Agricultural Land Issues in the Middle East and North Africa

Bertini¹,

Zouache²

2021

American J Econ Sociol

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The continuing economic stagnation of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has typically been explained in terms of the resource-curse thesis. Yet, without analyzing the geographical constraints of MENA and the institutions of the region, particularly ones that pertain to land and property rights, this explanation is partial at best. Specifically addressing the structural constraints on using land for economic transformation, we offer a new explanation for the underdevelopment of MENA. We show that transformation in agriculture is inhibited by fuzzy property rights in land that were inherited from colonial and post-colonial agricultural policies. Politicaleconomic transformation in MENA could unleash the power of land in the region.

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Industrialisation de l’Algérie : l’obstacle des droits de propriété

Abstract: Fatiha Talahite est chargée de recherche hors classe au CNRS au sein de l'équipe « Genre, travail, mobilités » du Cresppa (UMR CNRS, 132 Les trajectoires incertaines de l'industrialisation en Afrique Afrique contemporaine 266

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The failure of Algeria’s industrialization strategy, 1967–1989: a new structural economics perspective

The failure of Algeria’s industrialization strategy, 1967–1989: a new structural economics perspective

Agricultural Land Issues in the Middle East and North Africa

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