This analysis addresses the expected developments and trends of the Albanian economy during the 2026–2028 period, comparing them with the 2022–2024 period and offering a deep perspective on the successes and weaknesses of economic and fiscal policies. The analysis covers various...
Minimum wages have a positive and significant effect mainly on formal sector wages. However, this does not appear to have any significant effect on informal sector wages. By studying the effect on workers working in the informal sector, it is...
The informal economy is important to the formal economy because if its size is formalized year after year, this would potentially affect economic growth, but it would also increase government budget revenues and as a result improve social welfare. In an...
Tax reforms can effectively strengthen the incentives for some groups of the population and the economy that can affect a long-term perspective in the Balkan economies, which are under an increased pressure for market expansion and the right incentives to...
The treatment of employment tax between equity and efficiency is at the core of modern ways of taxing employment income. On the one hand, the government wants to improve social welfare through a fairer distribution of disposable income (tax equity). On...
As it has already been presented by the Tripartite Agreement, but also by the political statements of the senior officials of three of the six countries of the Western Balkans, it seems that the political approach of the leading parties...
From the beginning of the "Rama 1" government, it seems that there was an attention in terms of financial support for women heads of families, being a political promise and part of the government program. According to this political decision,...
As the year 2023 came to a close, the Albanian economy is doing better than expected from last year's forecasts. But it can be said that this pace does not match the expectations of small and medium businesses and citizens....
As shown in the World Economic Outlook a few days ago, while the world has shown remarkable resilience, the recovery from the shocks of recent years is slow, below its potential and uneven. Growth is slow, because at 3-4 percent,...
Wage is by far the most complex topic to be managed by businesses and the government. It can be considered a source of disappointment for all these years. But what we want to discuss today based on the opinions of...
