The decision was taken on Saturday and announced by NDB chief Dilma Rousseff at a Cape Town, South Africa meeting.
By joining “this important development institution, the financial arm of the BRICS group, Algeria is taking a major step in its process of integration into the global financial system,” the Algerian finance ministry said in a statement
International Financial Institutions like the World Bank and IMF
The Bank of the BRICS group of nations — whose name derives from the initials of founding members Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — is aimed at offering an alternative to international financial institutions like the World Bank and IMF.
Algeria’s membership was secured thanks to “the strength of the country’s macroeconomic indicators” which have recorded “remarkable performances in recent years” and allowed the North African country to be classified as an “upper-tier emerging economy”, the finance ministry said.
Membership in the BRICS bank will offer Algeria — Africa’s leading exporter of natural gas — “new prospects to support and strengthen its economic growth in the medium and long term”, it added.
Created in 2015, the NDB aims to mobilize resources for projects in emerging markets and developing countries.
It has welcomed several countries as new members, including Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.
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