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Paradoxical economic growth, wage decrease fails to produce welfare for Albanian households, experts warn

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TIRANA, Sept. 4 – The Albanian economy grew by a 6-year high of about 3.4 percent in 2016, but average wages in the country’s private and public sectors registered a paradoxical decline, hinting Albania’s post-crisis growth of 1 to 3 percent annually is failing to produce much-needed welfare in one of Europe’s poorest countries. The poor quality of growth in the past few years, mainly relying on some major energy-related projects has also worried Albanian economy experts who say higher growth is not translating into higher income for Albanian households. “The Albanian economy continues to have poor and anemic growth…

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