Sustainable regional development in Albania

Anisa Balla; Flora Merko; Ela Golemi; Marta Biancardi

doi:10.5771/1435-2869-2023-1-111

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- 1–4 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–4
- 5–6 Editorial 5–6
- 7–46 Is no employment better than self-employment? The story of how Romania managed to create a class of ‘invisible’ and forgotten workers Luana Miruna Pop Luana Miruna Pop 7–46
- 47–64 Romania’s societal transformation and labour struggles abroad – how missing income opportunities and the fear of dismissal inform practices of labour resistance Christian Sperneac-Wolfer Christian Sperneac-Wolfer 47–64
- 65–80 Digital transformation social spaces of Romanians and Moldovans in Berlin Mihaela-Violeta Vochin Mihaela-Violeta Vochin 65–80
- 81–94 Modern inequalities: a review of the literature Lyuboslav Kostov Lyuboslav Kostov 81–94
- 95–110 The effect of social security spending on economic growth in selected EU candidate countries Emin Ahmet Kaplan, Zeynep Hoş, Ilkay Güler Emin Ahmet Kaplan, Zeynep Hoş, Ilkay Güler 95–110
- 111–124 Sustainable regional development in Albania Anisa Balla, Flora Merko, Ela Golemi, Marta Biancardi Anisa Balla, Flora Merko, Ela Golemi, Marta Biancardi 111–124
- 125–126 About the Authors 125–126
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SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe , page 111 - 124

Sustainable regional development in Albania

Autoren

Anisa Balla Flora Merko Ela Golemi Marta Biancardi

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/1435-2869-2023-1-111
- ISSN: 1435-2869
- ISSN online: 2942-3384
Abstract

During the last three decades, Albania has maintained steady economic growth which has significantly improved the poverty rate and living standards. However, demographic change has influenced differences in regional development, pressuring the government to draw up new socio-economic policies to prevent greater inequality between the regions. Internal migration from urban zones to the country’s centre has significantly affected its development, transforming the Durrës and Tiranë area into an economic powerhouse while, at the same time, other regions face socio-economic challenges. Our continuing study from which this article presents some very early analysis aims to explore sustainable regional development in Albania using a comparative analysis of the regions of ‘Durana’ and Kukës. It concludes that Albania’s regional development has positively affected the urbanisation process but, in a negative way, rural depopulation. Both have influenced the structural deficiencies of ‘shrinking’ regions such as Kukës. Further research should define policies which establish a path towards sustainable development in Albania in the future.
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