Les PME en Algérie

Abstract

This article aims to provide the essential elements that can help to understand the position of small and medium-sized enterprises in the national economy, which is shifting to a market economy since 1990s, and an attempt to show the contribution of these small companies in terms of job creation and added value. It also analyzes particularly the realities of socio-economic environment in which our entrepreneurs are growing, and to identify closely their characteristics and the obstacles facing to their effective development. We will then list the various aid programs and measures dedicated to the development of SMEs, their balance sheets and their limits, and finally appropriate suggestions that allow industrial economies to advance.