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factor in a healthy liberal democracy. We ask two questions: 1) do individuals who are members of civil associations vote …
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business environment. The enforcement of civil and commercial claims suffers from excessive delays in court proceedings …
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This paper studies the aid allocation of European nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Once population is controlled for, poverty consistently appears as the main worldwide determinant of NGO aid allocation. NGOs do not respond to strategic considerations. Their funding source does not seem to...
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Based on the experience of the Bank of Albania, the paper proposes a framework to estimate the interest rate lower …
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is derived from the experience of Albania. The paper is the first attempt to provide an empirical measure of the optimal … level of euroization. The results indicate that euroization is trending above the estimated measure in Albania, calling for …
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interest rates in Albania during 1993–97. The estimated parsimonious error correction model extends the findings of a growing …
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Albania? This paper discusses the origins of the pyramid schemes and the way the authorities handled them. It also analyzes …
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The paper discusses the challenges facing Albania''s fiscal policy following the graduation from the IMF programs. It … argues that Albania''s public debt remains too high and needs to be reduced. Strengthening the fiscal framework, including by …
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This paper studies the financial sustainability of the Albanian pension fund and assesses possible options for its reform. The paper concludes that the pension fund is not sustainable in its current form and proposes for the urban scheme a combination of parametric changes to the existing...
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