ocr: Strengths Oil: and gas. Recent collaboration with Western oil companies should lead to improvements in productivity. Natural gas is supplied to Europe. Wealaesses Oil revenues yet to recover from the 1986 collapse 111 world prices. Political turmoil threatens many new projects and has ledto an exodus ofl European and other expatriate workers important to the economy. Lack of slalled labor coupled with high unemployment. Limited agriculture. Shortages of basic foodstufts. A thriving black market. Profile Under the pro-Soviet National Liberation Front, the Algerian economy was dominated by centr ...
