@article{2023:balla:sustainabl,
title = {Sustainable regional development in Albania},
year = {2023},
note = {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.},
journal = {SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe},
pages = {111--124},
author = {Balla, Anisa and Merko, Flora and Golemi, Ela and Biancardi, Marta},
volume = {26},
number = {1}
}