Economic problems threatened even a visibly prosperous 1980s Algeria
Evidence
The Arab-Israeli War of 1973, with its accompanying surge in oil prices, was partly orchestrated in Algiers. When Boumedienne died in 1978, the seemingly more benign Chadli Benjedid brought hopes of a more liberal Algeria. But these faded as the country wrestled with mountainous economic problems, amid murmurs of corruption estimated to have cost the impoverished country the equivalent of the entire national debt. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 39 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Post-independence Algeria’s economic planning badly damaged its agriculture and trade.; Post-independence Algeria’s influence abroad hid internal corruption and economic collapse. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 39
Related
- Post-independence Algeria’s economic planning badly damaged its agriculture and trade. (similarity 0.95)
- Post-independence Algeria’s influence abroad hid internal corruption and economic collapse. (similarity 0.95)
- Post-war Algerian moderation under Bendjedid prioritized domestic economics over foreign posturing (similarity 0.85)
- Corruption grew in step with the ruler-ruled gulf, deepening Algerian resentment (similarity 0.80)
- Severing Algeria proved a net economic gain for France (similarity 0.80)
- Algerian independence coincided with the start of France’s economic miracle. (similarity 0.79)
- Algeria’s oil nationalization triggered French economic retaliation (similarity 0.79)
- Algeria’s post-independence ‘peace’ proved as savage as its war (similarity 0.79)
- Post-independence Arabization made French integrationist dreams seem never realistically possible (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Post-independence Algeria’s influence abroad hid internal corruption and economic collapse.
#corroborates(0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 39