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Budget as a mirror of the State: What the numbers really say

Budget is often the most faithful mirror when it comes to how a State thinks itself. In Algeria, the 2026 budget tells a familiar story, one of a ruling power that spends a lot on construction, maintenance and security, but little on transformation.


The 2026 Financial Act Project reflects not so much an economic strategy as a political vision of the world, where the State remains the building, protecting center, a guarantor of an order instead of a development engine.