A few days after the report was launched, two APS dispatches criticising the World Bank document were published on 28 December. Two of them called on experts to counter the World Bank’s observations. The World Bank did not wish to provide with any further details, reiterating that Algeria, “an active member of the World Bank Group, is represented on the institution’s board of executive directors” and that the World Bank supports the country through “12 technical assistance projects”. Uncertain prospectsContrary to what the APS indicated, the World Bank report in question does not only “see Algeria as being in the dark”. Only one thing is certain: neither APS nor relations between Algeria and the World Bank have emerged victorious from this episode.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 18, 2022 13:27 UTC