Paper

Algeria, the Arab Maghreb Union and Regional Integration

October 2006

Abstract

To numerous scholars, regional integration in North Africa represents one of the potential responses and thus solutions to the socio-economic difficulties in the region, such as unemployment, poverty, bad governance, and social unrest. Yet, North African economies have been ignoring each other (3% of exchanges) and their leaders have been engaged in relations marked by mutual distrust.

This study, which is based on a survey that was recently conducted in Algeria, analyses current trends in the Algerian public opinion with regards to inter-Maghreb relations, the Arab Maghreb Union’s stagnation and regional integration.

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