A Qualitative Assessment of Poverty in Ten Areas of Albania
This qualitative assessment of poverty in Albania seeks to deepen the understanding of poverty in the country, first, by involving poor Albanians in a process of exploring the causes, nature, extent of poverty, and how it affects their livelihoods....
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POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY EVALUATION METHODS POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MONITORING COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS REFORM IMPLEMENTATION REFORM POLICY FINANCIAL CRISES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES LAND CARRYING CAPACITY LAND PRODUCTIVITY CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS MARKETING TECHNIQUES SECTORAL ASSESSMENT INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC NEEDS SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS COMPETITIVENESS LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMS ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS REMITTANCES MIGRANT WORKERS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT POLICY FORMATION SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL ADMINISTRATION RESOURCE MOBILIZATION GAPS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT CIVIL SOCIETY NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT ABSOLUTE POVERTY ADOLESCENTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CASH INCOME CITIZEN CITIZEN PARTICIPATION CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER CLINICS COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY LEVEL COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CORRUPTION CRIME DEBT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC MINORITIES FAMILIES FAMILY RELATIONS FARMING COMMUNITIES FIELD RESEARCH FIELD WORK FISHERIES FISHING FOREIGN INVESTORS FORMAL INSTITUTIONS GROUP DISCUSSIONS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SERVICES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HYGIENE ILLITERACY IMPORTS INFLATION INFORMAL ACTIVITIES INFORMAL SECTOR LAWS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL LEVELS LOCAL OFFICIALS MALNUTRITION MANAGERS MARKET INSTITUTIONS MARKETING MARKETING MECHANISMS MEDICAL FACILITIES MIGRANTS MIGRATION PARENTS POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL CONDITIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL SYSTEM POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POWER PLANTS PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS QUALITATIVE DATA QUALITATIVE INFORMATION RELIGIOUS GROUPS RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS RESEARCH TEAM RICKETS RURAL AREAS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE SECTOR SHORT TERM SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL STUDIES STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT UNIT UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS VIOLENCE WATER SUPPLY |
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POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY EVALUATION METHODS POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MONITORING COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS REFORM IMPLEMENTATION REFORM POLICY FINANCIAL CRISES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES LAND CARRYING CAPACITY LAND PRODUCTIVITY CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS MARKETING TECHNIQUES SECTORAL ASSESSMENT INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC NEEDS SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS COMPETITIVENESS LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMS ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS REMITTANCES MIGRANT WORKERS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT POLICY FORMATION SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL ADMINISTRATION RESOURCE MOBILIZATION GAPS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT CIVIL SOCIETY NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT ABSOLUTE POVERTY ADOLESCENTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CASH INCOME CITIZEN CITIZEN PARTICIPATION CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER CLINICS COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY LEVEL COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CORRUPTION CRIME DEBT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC MINORITIES FAMILIES FAMILY RELATIONS FARMING COMMUNITIES FIELD RESEARCH FIELD WORK FISHERIES FISHING FOREIGN INVESTORS FORMAL INSTITUTIONS GROUP DISCUSSIONS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SERVICES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HYGIENE ILLITERACY IMPORTS INFLATION INFORMAL ACTIVITIES INFORMAL SECTOR LAWS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL LEVELS LOCAL OFFICIALS MALNUTRITION MANAGERS MARKET INSTITUTIONS MARKETING MARKETING MECHANISMS MEDICAL FACILITIES MIGRANTS MIGRATION PARENTS POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL CONDITIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL SYSTEM POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POWER PLANTS PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS QUALITATIVE DATA QUALITATIVE INFORMATION RELIGIOUS GROUPS RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS RESEARCH TEAM RICKETS RURAL AREAS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE SECTOR SHORT TERM SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL STUDIES STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT UNIT UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS VIOLENCE WATER SUPPLY De Soto, Hermine Gordon, Peter Gedeshi, Ilir Sinoimeri, Zamira A Qualitative Assessment of Poverty in Ten Areas of Albania |
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Europe and Central Asia |
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This qualitative assessment of poverty
in Albania seeks to deepen the understanding of poverty in
the country, first, by involving poor Albanians in a process
of exploring the causes, nature, extent of poverty, and how
it affects their livelihoods. Second, it is intended to
support the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
(PRSP); third, it supports preparation of the Country
Assistance Strategy (CAS), and the Living Standards
Measurement Survey (LSMS) process; and, fourth, it supports
ongoing research on formal, and informal institutions in the
country that are relevant to poverty, and it identifies as
well, emerging areas of concern. Findings suggest that
poverty in the study sites, developed as a result of a weak
economic base at the beginning of reform (as of 1990),
worsened as the reforms continued, and accelerated during
the 1997 financial crisis. From household interviews, it is
perceived that the causes of poverty are a result of
unemployment, insufficient and low quality of land, absence
of formal institutions, and marketing mechanisms to support
industrial and agricultural development, and, the
government's inability to respond to infrastructure,
and basic needs. The study further examines the factors
depressing, and/or precluding (sector wide) the potential to
compete, sustain livelihoods, attain employment, and receive
economic, and social assistance. And it rightly identifies
the contribution from migrant remittances, accounting for a
significant percentage of GDP. Policy implications spell out
the need to improve administration of social security, and
services, by decentralizing legal and regulatory frameworks,
and equitably mobilizing fiscal revenues. |
| author |
De Soto, Hermine Gordon, Peter Gedeshi, Ilir Sinoimeri, Zamira |
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De Soto, Hermine Gordon, Peter Gedeshi, Ilir Sinoimeri, Zamira |
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De Soto, Hermine |
| title |
A Qualitative Assessment of Poverty in Ten Areas of Albania |
| title_short |
A Qualitative Assessment of Poverty in Ten Areas of Albania |
| title_full |
A Qualitative Assessment of Poverty in Ten Areas of Albania |
| title_fullStr |
A Qualitative Assessment of Poverty in Ten Areas of Albania |
| title_full_unstemmed |
A Qualitative Assessment of Poverty in Ten Areas of Albania |
| title_sort |
qualitative assessment of poverty in ten areas of albania |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1677826/albania-qualitative-assessment-poverty-ten-areas-albania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15455 |
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okr-10986-154552021-04-23T14:03:14Z A Qualitative Assessment of Poverty in Ten Areas of Albania De Soto, Hermine Gordon, Peter Gedeshi, Ilir Sinoimeri, Zamira POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY EVALUATION METHODS POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MONITORING COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS REFORM IMPLEMENTATION REFORM POLICY FINANCIAL CRISES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES LAND CARRYING CAPACITY LAND PRODUCTIVITY CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS MARKETING TECHNIQUES SECTORAL ASSESSMENT INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC NEEDS SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS COMPETITIVENESS LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMS ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS REMITTANCES MIGRANT WORKERS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT POLICY FORMATION SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL ADMINISTRATION RESOURCE MOBILIZATION GAPS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT CIVIL SOCIETY NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT ABSOLUTE POVERTY ADOLESCENTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CASH INCOME CITIZEN CITIZEN PARTICIPATION CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER CLINICS COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY LEVEL COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CORRUPTION CRIME DEBT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC MINORITIES FAMILIES FAMILY RELATIONS FARMING COMMUNITIES FIELD RESEARCH FIELD WORK FISHERIES FISHING FOREIGN INVESTORS FORMAL INSTITUTIONS GROUP DISCUSSIONS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SERVICES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HYGIENE ILLITERACY IMPORTS INFLATION INFORMAL ACTIVITIES INFORMAL SECTOR LAWS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL LEVELS LOCAL OFFICIALS MALNUTRITION MANAGERS MARKET INSTITUTIONS MARKETING MARKETING MECHANISMS MEDICAL FACILITIES MIGRANTS MIGRATION PARENTS POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL CONDITIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL SYSTEM POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POWER PLANTS PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS QUALITATIVE DATA QUALITATIVE INFORMATION RELIGIOUS GROUPS RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS RESEARCH TEAM RICKETS RURAL AREAS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE SECTOR SHORT TERM SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL STUDIES STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT UNIT UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS VIOLENCE WATER SUPPLY This qualitative assessment of poverty in Albania seeks to deepen the understanding of poverty in the country, first, by involving poor Albanians in a process of exploring the causes, nature, extent of poverty, and how it affects their livelihoods. Second, it is intended to support the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP); third, it supports preparation of the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS), and the Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) process; and, fourth, it supports ongoing research on formal, and informal institutions in the country that are relevant to poverty, and it identifies as well, emerging areas of concern. Findings suggest that poverty in the study sites, developed as a result of a weak economic base at the beginning of reform (as of 1990), worsened as the reforms continued, and accelerated during the 1997 financial crisis. From household interviews, it is perceived that the causes of poverty are a result of unemployment, insufficient and low quality of land, absence of formal institutions, and marketing mechanisms to support industrial and agricultural development, and, the government's inability to respond to infrastructure, and basic needs. The study further examines the factors depressing, and/or precluding (sector wide) the potential to compete, sustain livelihoods, attain employment, and receive economic, and social assistance. And it rightly identifies the contribution from migrant remittances, accounting for a significant percentage of GDP. Policy implications spell out the need to improve administration of social security, and services, by decentralizing legal and regulatory frameworks, and equitably mobilizing fiscal revenues. 2013-08-28T20:35:26Z 2013-08-28T20:35:26Z 2001-06-30 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1677826/albania-qualitative-assessment-poverty-ten-areas-albania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15455 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Europe and Central Asia |