In the second meeting in Elbasan on April 5, 2023, following the tour that started with Berat two days ago, ALTAX experts were already conscious in presenting the findings of the Report in front of an even more demanding...
Today, we started the tour of the second year of the project "Social monitoring through citizen interaction" with Berat and its citizens, who have given us their valuable opinions about the material and its accuracy related to local government policies. In...
The increase in uncertainties and concerns over the possible weakening of economic activity with the prolongation of the conflict in Ukraine, have dictated the tightening of lending standards by banks for businesses, as well as the increase in the cost...
Last year, the biggest blows to the Albanian economy, as well as to the economies of the neighboring countries, came from a series of geopolitical risks, where beyond the current political situation in the Balkans, between Kosovo and Serbia
Albanian economic cartels are usually small, where the average cartel includes no more than three or four companies. Moreover, the illegal activities of these firms are numerous and all affect prices. These activities include price fixing, sharing their clients and...
Relationships in the economy and our daily lives are becoming even more complex, as unprecedented long-term challenges are emerging, such as rising inequality, escalating political bias and instability, autocracy, social exclusion, and a non-visionary policy of using the growing innovative...
The current economic system is not functioning properly for the Albanian middle class. Although the economy and jobs have grown for about a decade, far more citizens are concerned about their economic security. The massive value of consumer credit, housing...
According to the latest publication for Albania, the IMF mission this December 2021 states that: The recovery is broad-based with all sectors but agriculture registering positive growth in 2021H1. Electricity production doubled in 2021Q1 compared to 2020Q1 due to favorable...
Business dynamism, a key factor in economic growth, is measured by the rates at which businesses enter the market, grow and leave the market. Stronger dynamism is associated with higher rates of productivity growth, as unproductive businesses leave and more...
The political roots of the current reaction against the Open Balkan initiative taken by the current heads of government in Serbia, Albania and Northern Macedonia to integrate the labor market and the economic market between the three Western Balkan countries...
