Despite the impressive performance of the economy in the last five years, however, poverty in Albania has remained high … living conditions in Albania, including details on income and non-income dimensions of poverty in the country, and, forms the … basis of the present assessment of poverty in Albania. The poverty line used for this assessment is the first absolute …

The paper provides an overview of household welfare, labor markets, and social programs in Albania, outside of its … capital, in 1996. At the time, Albania was in a cross roads, from a period of phenomenal growth, to a series of economic … the majority of the poor are rural, self-employed in agriculture, a result of Albania's large rural population that is …

events can in fact increase household wellbeing in Albania. In addition, the treatment effect is highly heterogeneous with …