Albania: Selected Issues

Albania: Selected Issues
ISBN-10
1484379098
ISBN-13
9781484379097
Series
Albania
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
41
Language
English
Published
2016-06-09
Publisher
International Monetary Fund
Author
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.

Description

This paper aims to determine how much of the economic slowdown of Albania is owing to cyclical conditions and how much to a reduction in potential growth. The analysis shows that average growth in 2009–14 dropped by 3.2 percentage points relative to 1997–2008, of which 2.8 percentage points are due to lower potential growth. Albania has significant potential to improve its export competitiveness. However, Albania’s competitiveness has shown narrow improvements over the past five years, with weak productivity growth and continued concentration in low-skilled labor-intensive sectors with limited value added. This paper also explores the factors underpinning Albania’s relatively low level of general government revenues.

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