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Editorial: Dismantling a few myths about state administration political capture and its solutions

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A central and local public administration that turns over every time there are elections, full of party militants and often sadly incapable, untrained and low quality public servants is a long-time plague of Albanian pluralism. All parties have used the employment possibilities of the overblown state administration to accommodate their supporters. Public administration reform has been for many years a condition and priority in terms of European integration. Some progress has been made also due to a serious and generous technical and financial support from international donors and institutions. Yet some myths still prevail. First, there is the myth that…

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