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Wanted: A strategic vision to re-set of the economy

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL As the public health crisis of Covid-19 seems still far from receding, despite controlled numbers of hospitalizations and losses, the full blown effects of the economic damage are starting to set in. The projections for economic decline and those of increasing unemployment have arrived from all the financial institutions as the meager payments of survival, called “wages of war” and amounting to less than 300 USD, do little to accommodate the needs of families. Even though they might suffice to secure basic necessities in the short term, the insecurity about the future prevails. There is still regrettably…

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