"From its meager beginnings in 1947, by 1997 Alcon Laboratories became the world's dominate ophthalmic specialty company. Its founders, Bob Alexander and Bill Conner, had the vision to create an "ophthalmic house" and the entrepreneurial courage to push Alcon toward its destiny. This narrative...

2024 was a year that saw Europe face numerous challenges, yet make significant strides in food safety. This annual report of the Alert and Cooperation Network (ACN) is an opportune moment to take stock of the evolving landscape in food and feed safety and to explore the complexity of emerging...

The 2025 Article IV Consultation highlights that Algeria’s economic prospects for the near term are broadly positive but clouded by growing fiscal vulnerabilities. The 2024 fiscal impulse supported growth into 2025 but, alongside falling hydrocarbon prices, led to a wider fiscal deficit and...

Au premier semestre 2025, les secteurs hors hydrocarbures et la vigueur de l’investissement ont soutenu la croissance économique. L’inflation a continué de ralentir aux neuf premiers mois 2025, sous l’effet de la baisse des prix alimentaires. La baisse des exportations d’hydrocarbures,...

Algeria's economic growth remained robust in 2024 but is expected to slow moderately in 2025. Strong investment momentum and robust growth in household consumption, both fueled by government spending, supported manufacturing and services activity, while agricultural production accelerated....

This Selected Issues paper analyses the monetary policy transmission in Algeria. The results suggest that the interest rate channel is relatively weak as the Bank of Algeria (BA) focuses on liquidity operations. A focus on interest rate tools, financial sector reform and central bank...