Algeria: A new victory for the "profiteers" of the informal economy

The dismissal of Algerian Finance Minister Laaziz Fayed on February 2, 2025, confirmed once again that all calls for greater control over the informal economy and the immense profits it allows a minority to accumulate are just empty words. The denunciation of profiteers from the informal economy, who, in fact, pay neither taxes nor social security contributions, but control the bulk of the private sector, dominating all sectors outside of hydroc…