In recent years, Algeria has rebuilt its economy from the ground up. Despite various limitations, this North African oil-supplying country is striving to reach the maturity it needs to harness its potential as a regional economic power. To this effect, a panoply of reforms in various sectors is being established. Determined to make the most of this particularly bright spell in the Algerian economy, President Bouteflika’s administration, endowed with liquid reserves of nearly $126 billion thanks to oil profits, has fast-tracked the realization of close to 100 major projects. Public works have been a cornerstone of the Algerian government’s policy and figured prominently in the presidential campaigns in 1999 and 2004. The president and his administration are supporting diverse infrastructural projects that are capable of responding to the challenges of economic imperatives, as well as respond to the needs of the population. New cities, like Sidi Abdellah to the west
