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Editorial: US report on Albania economic climate should serve as a wake up call

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL If Albania’s government was looking for good news on the economic front, this wasn’t a good week. Despite much touted official numbers showing steady economic growth and lower unemployment, a US report out this week shows what many feel on the ground in Albania: the business climate is not healthy and things are getting worse, not better, as major investors and skilled workers are forced to leave. In its 2018 investment climate statement for Albania, the US State Department’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs says foreign investors cite corruption, particularly in the judiciary, lack of transparency…

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