The Impact of Liberalization of Financial Services Sector on Economic Growth in Algeria: An Empirical Study for the Period (1980-2021) [In Arabic]

Abstract

This study aimed to analyse the impact of liberalization of the financial services sector on Algeria's economic growth for the period (1980-2021), using the ARDL-bounds testing approach, and based on a set of well-known indicators to express the internal and external financial liberalization policy, such as the Kaopen and IFGDP indicators to explain the reality and extent of capital account liberalization and the restrictions and controls imposed on it, and an indicator as a proxy of banking market liberalization, in the absence  of the financial market liberalization index, due to the ineffectiveness and liberalization of the Algiers Stock Exchange in front of the foreign investor;

The results showed that the financial liberalization policies pursued by Algeria to liberalize it's financial services sector had a negative impact on it's economic growth rates, whether it was related to the external financial liberalization (capital account liberalization) or the internal financial liberalization (banking market liberalization). Therefore, the Algerian authorities should redouble and expand reform efforts to enhance the competitiveness of it's financial services sector to achieve acceptable economic growth rates.