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According to the report, these losses go far beyond direct financial abuse and tax evasion, affecting economic growth, investment confidence, institutional credibility, and the quality of public services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key findings show that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>direct fiscal losses amount to \u20ac650\u2013810 million annually;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>corruption reduces Albania\u2019s real economic growth by up to 1.1 percentage points every year;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>up to 29% of the effectiveness of social, health, and education spending is undermined by corruption and governance inefficiencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The report warns that if corruption levels remain unchanged, Albania could lose cumulatively between \u20ac2.8 billion and \u20ac4.8 billion by 2030. Conversely, reducing corruption by 25\u201330% could generate up to \u20ac7 billion in additional cumulative GDP over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The analysis places Albania significantly below the European Union average in corruption perception indicators and stresses that anti-corruption reforms are not merely political or ethical obligations, but a strategic economic necessity for sustainable development and EU integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report recommends a priority reform agenda focused on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>full digitalization of public procurement;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>strengthening anti-corruption and prosecution institutions;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improving fiscal transparency;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>reducing tax evasion;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>setting measurable national targets for improving corruption perception indicators by 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the authors, corruption operates as a \u201chidden tax\u201d on citizens and businesses, reducing opportunities for higher pensions, better healthcare and education services, and more productive economic investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new dynamic model estimates annual economic and social losses of up to \u20ac1.1 billion ALTAX has published its latest research report titled \u201cCost of Corruption in Albania 2025 \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10475],"tags":[10086,9917,8421,9968,14709,16791,16385,16063],"class_list":["post-25957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-albanian-economy-en-2","tag-altax-en-2","tag-corruption","tag-economic-growth-en-2","tag-european-integration","tag-fiscal-losses","tag-public-procurement","tag-public-transparency"],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/altax.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cZZhE-cover-609x445.jpg",609,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/altax.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cZZhE-cover-463x348.jpg",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/altax.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cZZhE-cover-220x300.jpg",220,300,true],"full":["https:\/\/altax.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cZZhE-cover.jpg",609,829,false]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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