Economic and social conditions in North Africa part 1 : economic performance of North Africa 2004

Abstract

The present Part I of the “Report on the social and economic conditions in North Africa” gives the economic performance of North Africa as a sub-region. The presentation focuses on those areas that have important sub-regional dimensions as opposed to mainly national economic developments. The analytical approach is also focused, wherever appropriate and feasible, on sub-regional aggregates of the various economic indicators of performance of individual economies. This emphasis on the sub-regional dimensions derives from the belief that the “Report on the social and economic conditions in North Africa” has important value-added only if it goes beyond the national reports that the different countries produce annually.