Albania - The New Growth Agenda : A Country Economic Memorandum

Since 1998 Albania has experienced an important transformation that has lifted it into the ranks of upper middle income countries and has allowed a sharp reduction in poverty. Growth averaged more than 6 percent per year between 1998 and 2010, the...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth Study
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTANT ACCOUNTING AGGREGATE DEMAND AGRICULTURE ARREARS AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BAILOUT BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BALANCE SHEETS BANK SUPERVISION BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM BANKRUPTCY BANKRUPTCY LAW BENCHMARK BRAIN DRAIN BROAD MONEY BUDGET DEFICITS BUDGET REVIEW BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL ACCOUNT CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL NEEDS CENTRAL BANK COLLATERAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES COMPETITIVE MARKET COMPETITIVENESS CONFIDENCE INDEX CONNECTIVITY CONSUMER CREDIT CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CONTINGENT LIABILITIES CPI CREDIT GROWTH CREDIT RISK CRITICAL MASS CURRENCY CURRENCY DEPRECIATION CURRENCY MISMATCH CURRENCY MISMATCHES CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT DEBT DEBT LEVELS DEBT RATIO DEBT RATIOS DEBT REDUCTION DEBTOR DEPOSIT DEPOSIT INTEREST DEPOSITS DEVALUATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING MARKET DOMESTIC BORROWING DOMESTIC CREDIT ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMIC BOOM ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC PROGRESS ECONOMIC SITUATION EFFECTIVE USE ELASTICITY ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS EMERGING MARKETS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTS EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL FUNDING FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DISTRESS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL STABILITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL POLICY FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATE FORECASTS FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN FINANCING FOREIGN FUNDS FOREIGN INVESTORS FUTURE GROWTH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNMENT ACTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCE INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INDEBTEDNESS INDEPENDENT REGULATORY BODY INFLATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTEREST PAYMENTS INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEGAL FRAMEWORK LENDERS LENDING INTEREST RATE LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL CURRENCY LOSS OF CONFIDENCE LOW INTEREST RATES M3 MACRO-STABILITY MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY MARKET ECONOMY MARKET POWER MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY MONETARY FUND MONETARY POLICIES MONETARY POLICY MORTGAGE MORTGAGE MARKET NATIONAL SAVING NATURAL MONOPOLY NET EXPORTS NEW MARKET NON-PERFORMING LOANS PENSIONS POLICY CREDIBILITY POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESPONSES PRICE CHANGES PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENTS PRIVATE INVESTORS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCERS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SPENDING PURCHASING POWER RAPID EXPANSION REAL GDP REFORM PROGRAM REGIONAL POWER REGULATOR REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RETURN RETURNS RISK MANAGEMENT RULE OF LAW SAVINGS SAVINGS BANK SCARCE CAPITAL SOCIAL PROTECTION SOVEREIGN DEBT STATUTORY REQUIREMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX TAX REGIME TAX REVENUES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE BALANCE TRADE DEFICIT TRADING TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VALUE ADDED WAGES WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
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