مجلة الإستراتيجية والتنمية
Volume 15, Numéro 2, Pages 503-525
2025-07-01

Why Algeria Failed When Botswana Succeeded? An Institutional Approach

Authors : Dekkiche Mokhtar .

Abstract

This study aims at presenting the undelying factors that affect the economic outcomes of Algeria and Botswana. It is become conventional that economic performance results from the interaction of various factors and variables. Most of them are not purely economic factors. Yet, the failure of one provokes a domino-like effect. This study, by combining SWOT and Comparative analysis approaches, tries to answer why Algeria still depends on Hydrocarbons, while Botswana has diversified its economy beyond mining sector. The findings highlight the importance of Governance indices and Institutional quality as main variables to the divergent trajectory of Algeria and Botswana.

Keywords

Resource managemnt ; Institutional Quality ; Economic Diversification ; Industrial Policy ; Natural Resource