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Editorial: The bells toll for Albania’s labor force

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In the Albanian psyche, it is often said, one avoids to do checkups at the doctor because what you don’t know can’t hurt you. As such, major issues get neglected until there is nothing that can be done about them. Like going to the doctor, major trends are often neglected by consecutive Albanian governments, or paid nominal lip service to, until it is too late to do something about them. Albania’s coming labor force crisis is one such issue. A combination of a rapid decline in birth rates and continued out-migration means Albania is slowly being drained of its people….

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