Post-independence Algeria’s influence abroad hid internal corruption and economic collapse.
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
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Post-independence Algeria’s economic planning badly damaged its agriculture and trade.; Economic problems threatened even a visibly prosperous 1980s Algeria; Corruption grew in step with the ruler-ruled gulf, deepening Algerian resentment — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 99 (+2 more)
Related
- Post-independence Algeria’s economic planning badly damaged its agriculture and trade. (similarity 0.95)
- Economic problems threatened even a visibly prosperous 1980s Algeria (similarity 0.95)
- Corruption grew in step with the ruler-ruled gulf, deepening Algerian resentment (similarity 0.84)
- Post-war Algerian moderation under Bendjedid prioritized domestic economics over foreign posturing (similarity 0.83)
- Algeria’s brief liberal opening collapsed under deep-state repression after Covid. (similarity 0.80)
- Algeria’s post-independence ‘peace’ proved as savage as its war (similarity 0.79)
- Algeria’s oil nationalization triggered French economic retaliation (similarity 0.79)
- Post-independence Arabization made French integrationist dreams seem never realistically possible (similarity 0.79)
- Severing Algeria proved a net economic gain for France (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Corruption grew in step with the ruler-ruled gulf, deepening Algerian resentment
#corroborates(0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 99