Sorry, I didn't mean to say they were a rich country, but had the means to advance rapidly compared to other third world countries. Algeria had 186B$ of cash an

Sorry, I didn't mean to say they were a rich country, but had the means to advance rapidly compared to other third world countries. Algeria had 186B$ of cash and was debt free. It even lent 5B$ to the IMF[1]. [1] http://finance.yahoo.com/news/algeria-contribute-5b-imf-184610740--finance.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/algeria-contribute-5b-imf-1846...