Oil revenues make up 97 percent of the country's hard currency earnings and 60 percent of the government's budget. There has been little impetus for reform at the highest levels with much of policymaking on hold due to the president's fragile health. Since suffering from a stroke in 2013, Bouteflika has rarely appeared in public. According to the International Monetary Fund's latest report on Algeria, growth for 2014 is estimated to be a decent 4 percent. Social unrest, even before the scattered protests of the Arab Spring, was effectively bought off with higher wages and promises of housing — all funded by the bountiful oil receipts.