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In a context of fiscal consolidation and the need to deliver on a structural reform agenda, policy makers in Albania … and poverty in Albania, assessing the individual and combined effects of taxes and public social spending. The findings … show that the fiscal system in Albania plays a positive role in reducing inequality. Yet, it has a moderate poverty …
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In 1993, in response to persistent unemployment, and rising poverty and social unrest, the government of Albania …
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.36 percentage point reduction in average tariff equivalent trade costs. Applying this figure to the value of Albania's non …
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Albania's radical farmland distribution is credited with averting an economic crisis and social unrest during the … plots are needed to lay the foundation for greater rural productivity. This paper uses farm-level data from the 2005 Albania … potential of Albania's rural economy and, if and when needed, the ability to conduct consolidation in a cost-effective and …
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study in a new democracy, Albania, involving parents of children enrolled in primary schools. The findings confirm that …
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The extent to which teachers and school directors are held to account may play a central role in determining education outcomes, particularly in developing and transition countries where institutional deficiencies can distort incentives. This paper investigates the relationship between an...
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Albania is among the most vulnerable countries to external energy shocks and climatic conditions, because of its high …
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Many cities in developing economies, particularly in Africa, are experiencing urbanization without industrialization. This paper conceptualizes this in a framework in which a city can produce non-tradable goods and -- if it is sufficiently competitive -- also internationally tradable goods,...
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This paper illustrates how the capabilities of GIS and satellite imagery can be harnessed to explore and better understand the urban form of several large African cities (Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Kigali, Dar es Salaam, and Dakar). To allow for comparability across very diverse cities, this work...
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Special economic zones can be an effective instrument to promote industrialization if implemented properly in the right context. In China, starting in the 1980s, special economic zones were used as a testing ground for the country's transition from a planned to a market economy, and they are a...
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