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This study focuses in testing the power of reciprocity and leadership as collective action incentive structures and cooperation economic benefits in explaining collective action initiation in the context of a post‐communist transition economy. The paper is based on a structured survey targeting Albanian export‐oriented farmers. Different from most...
Land consolidation has been viewed by policy makers as a panacea for tackling the inherited challenges of Albania´s egalitarian land reform. This paper argues that farmers´ efforts towards farm consolidation through land purchase and rent-in are affected by farm structure, farm-orientation and other socio-economic factors. The form of land acquisit...
Although access to finance has grown rapidly all over the world, largely based on the expansion of the banking sector, informal finance is still common. Rotating savings and credit schemes have been diffused in many countries across the world, including socialist countries, generally stimulated by a lack of access to loans. These schemes are inform...
Although access to finance has grown rapidly all over the world, largely based on the expansion of the banking sector, informal finance is still common. Rotating savings and credit schemes have been diffused in many countries across the world, including socialist countries, generally stimulated by a lack of access to loans. These schemes are inform...
The competitive grants schemes, a financing mechanism established for achieving social welfare as well as balanced and efficient territorial development, would have to be applied through a transparent and objective competition process. However, political influence of the ruling party and informal networks with central government decision-makers may...
This paper analyzes the determinant factors of tobacco consumption in Albania, which is one of the countries with the highest smoking prevalence in Europe. To empirically estimate the elasticity of cigarettes demand in Albania, the paper uses the Living Standard Measurement Survey (LSMS) applying Deaton's (1988) demand model. This paper estimates a...
Informal practices and institutions such as corruption, clientelism, and favoritism present major challenges for the development of the education system of transition countries like Albania. Corruption cases in secondary and tertiary education institutions have been widely reported by the media and have exerted a toll on the reputation of the educa...
This book provides information on agri-entrepreneurship from various authors' work in conflict areas (particularly Mindanao in the Philippines), transitional economies and poor countries. The book begins with a comparison of general entrepreneurs with agri-entrepreneurs. The next chapters discuss at some length how entrepreneurial skills training p...
Management of natural resources is challenging task due to the complexity of the resources and the benefits they provide. Nowadays there is trend to transfer some management power to local communities driven by the equality and sustainability assumptions. We studied two cases of local management -forests and fisheries-in Albania, which resulted in...
The management of natural resources is a challenging task owing to the complexity of the resources and the benefits they provide. Nowadays there is trend to transfer some management power to local communities driven by equality and sustainability assumptions. We studied two cases of local management - forests and fisheries - in Albania, which resul...