A critical analysis based on the IMF Framework on Regional Economic Development and Convergence with the EUIn 2024, Albania remains significantly behind the European average in terms of income per capita, particularly when measured by purchasing power parity (PPP).According...
Albania is the only country in the region without a functioning capital market, a gap that is becoming a visible obstacle to economic development and financial justice.At a time when Albania claims to advance towards a formalized, diversified, and integrated...
In every discussion on economic development in Albania, the word "business" is frequently mentioned—investments, taxes, startups, exports, subsidies. But what remains out of focus, although it deeply affects economic success or failure, is the quality of business management. This is...
Albania is the only country in the region without a functioning capital market, a gap that is becoming a visible obstacle to economic development and financial justice.At a time when Albania aspires to transition toward a formalized, diversified, and European-integrated...
Dividend taxation as a key fiscal policy element in Albania and its long-term effects on the economy and capital market.Dividend taxation is a key component of fiscal policy in Albania and has undergone significant changes over the years. For the...
Property insurance can make an important contribution to managing the financial impacts of earthquake risk, although earthquake loss insurance faces a number of challenges.As a result, various countries have made public earthquake (re)insurance arrangements to support wider insurance coverage, especially...
The primary function of the capital market is to bring together investors who buy securities with those who sell them. The three main participants of the capital market are individuals (also known as investors), borrowers and shareholders[1].Based on...
Many countries tax certain assets in this way, such as ordinary interest-bearing deposits.On the contrary, avoiding taxation of investment returns, equal pre- and after-tax real returns are maintained, regardless of the mix of inflation and real-to-nominal returns.However, a comprehensive...
