Albania - Building Competitiveness : Sector Case Studies - Apparel and Footwear, Tourism, and Mining

Commitment to structural reforms and to economic stabilization has enabled high rates of gross domestic product (GDP) growth in Albania since the start of transition, and consequent reductions in poverty. The crisis caused by the collapse of '...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Investment Climate Assessment (ICA)
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ACCOUNTING ADVERTISING APPAREL APPAREL EXPORTS APPAREL INDUSTRIES APPAREL INDUSTRY APPAREL PRODUCTS APPAREL SECTOR APPAREL TRADE ASSET MANAGEMENT BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS BENEFICIARY BID BONDS BRAND BRAND NAME BRAND NAMES BRANDED MERCHANDISE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY OF FIRMS CAPITAL GOODS CENTRALIZATION COLLATERAL COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CREDIT INFORMATION DEBT DEBT SERVICING DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIC GROWTH EMERGING ECONOMIES ENVIRONMENTAL EQUILIBRIUM EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT SECTORS EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORTER EXPORTERS EXPORTS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINISHED PRODUCTS FORECASTS FOREIGN COMPANIES FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INTEREST FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN INVESTORS GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROWTH RATE HUMAN RESOURCE IMPORT PRODUCTS INDUSTRIAL SITES INFORMATION DISSEMINATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL INTEREST INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT PROJECTS INVESTMENT RATES INVESTMENT STRATEGY INVESTOR CONFIDENCE INVESTOR INTEREST LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEGAL FRAMEWORK LOAN LOCAL ECONOMY LONG-TERM INVESTMENT LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS MARKET CONCENTRATION MARKET FAILURES MARKET PENETRATION MARKET SEGMENT MARKET SEGMENTS MARKETING MATURITY MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORTS METALS MICRO-ENTERPRISES MINIMUM WAGE MONOPOLY NATIONAL BANK PERSONAL PROPERTY PERSONAL PROPERTY AS COLLATERAL PLANNED ECONOMY POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLITICAL STABILITY PRIMARY MARKET PRODUCERS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC GOODS QUALITY STANDARDS REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RENEWABLE RESOURCES REPAYMENT REPAYMENT PERIODS RETAIL RETURNS SALE SALES SMALL BUSINESS SMALL LOANS SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAINS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX TAX CODE TAX POLICY TAX RATE TAX RATES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TOTAL COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE PREFERENCES TRADEMARK TRADING TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TURNOVER UNSKILLED LABOR VALUE ADDED WAGES WHOLESALERS WORKING CAPITAL
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