Albania: Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement

March 10, 2005

Summary

This report presents an Ex Post Assessment of Albania’s Longer-Term-Program Engagement with the IMF. Albania has been engaged in a series of IMF-supported programs since the beginning of transition. This report provides an overview of economic developments and the overall role of the IMF in Albania. It reviews the implementation of financial policies, and looks into selected dimensions of structural policies. The report summarizes the record on meeting conditionality and the nature of Bank-IMF collaboration. The considerations for future program engagement are also examined.

Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Expenditure, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration, Tax administration core functions

Keywords: balance of payments, budget deficit, Budget planning and preparation, Central and Eastern Europe, CR, current account, Eastern Europe, economic activity, enterprise privatization, exchange rate, Global, ISCR, monetary management, policy resolve, private sector, public expenditure, pyramid scheme, sector reform, Tax administration core functions

Pages:
44
Volume:
2005
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451800791.002
Issue:
088
Series:
Country Report No. 2005/088
Stock No:
1ALBEA2005001
ISBN:
9781451800791
ISSN:
1934-7685

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