The president，Abdelaziz Bouteflika，and his allies are expected to remain in
powet throughout the forecast period．However,doubts over Mr Bouteflika's
health and capacity to serve out another term will wei出on political stability．
Changes to the constitution．which are expected in the early part of the
forecast period，will not affect the political environment dramatically,but
some modest political 1iberalisation is likely．

Highlights 7

Political outlook 8

Economic policy outlook 9

Economic forecast 11

Annual data and forecast 14

Quarterly data 15

Monthly data 16

Annual trends charts 17

Monthly trends charts 18

Comparative economic indicators 19

Basic data 20

Political structure 21

Politics 22

Economy 39

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