World Bank2012-06-112012-06-112007-12-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7659This sector report claims that in the three years between 2002 and 2005 alone, almost 235,000 people have moved out of poverty in Albania. Strong economic growth and large inflow of remittances are at the center of this impressive achievement. However, low productivity of predominantly small family farms has put a drag on rural growth prospects. Moreover, Ndihma Ekonomike (NE) program, the means-tested income support program is small in scale, and has a low coverage so that it has had only a modest impact on poverty reduction. As a result of these developments, the poor are mostly rural residents, low skilled (measured as years of schooling completed) and large families. The main conclusion of this report is that as Albania looks ahead it faces the challenges of consolidating and sustaining these improvements in living conditions and narrow the widening rural and urban differences. To tackle these challenges, Albania needs to maintain the high growth path, raise rural productivity and improve the targeting performance of its NE programen-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICESAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURE PRODUCTIONALLOCATION OF RESOURCESANTI-POVERTYANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMAVERAGE INCOMESCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL ACCUMULATIONCAPITAL INVESTMENTCHANGES IN POVERTYCOLLECTIVE FARMSCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMPTION GROWTHCONSUMPTION PER CAPITACOUNTRY OF DESTINATIONCROP PRODUCTIONDESCRIPTIVE STATISTICSDISABILITYDISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITSDIVERSIFICATIONDOMESTIC SAVINGSECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERFORMANCEEDUCATION LEVELEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEEQUAL SHARESEXCHANGE RATEEXTERNAL MIGRATIONEXTREME POVERTYFAMILY FARMSFAMILY SIZESFARM ACTIVITIESFARM HOUSEHOLDSFARM INCOMEFARMERFARMERSFEMALE CHILDRENFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFINANCIAL CRISISFIXED EFFECTSFLOW OF MIGRANTSFOOD COMPONENTSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTGINI COEFFICIENTGROWTH COMPONENTGROWTH PROSPECTSGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHEADCOUNT POVERTYHEADCOUNT RATIOHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH SERVICESHIGH GROWTHHIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTYHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHUMAN CAPITALILLNESSESIMMIGRATIONIMMIGRATION LAWSIMPACT OF MIGRATIONIMPACT ON POVERTYIMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTIONIMPROVING PRODUCTIVITYINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME GROWTHINCOME SHORTFALLINCOME SUPPORTINCREASE POVERTYINEQUALITYINEQUALITY MEASURESINEQUITIESINFLOW OF REMITTANCESINFORMAL ECONOMYINTERNAL MIGRANTSINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRANTSINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONIRRIGATIONJOB CREATIONLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLAND OWNERSHIPLAND RIGHTSLAND SIZELAND TITLINGLARGE FAMILIESLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMAJORITY OF FARMERSMEAN GROWTHMEAN INCOMEMEAN INCOMESMIGRANTMIGRATIONMIGRATION FLOWSMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMOUNTAIN AREASNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY RATENEGATIVE EFFECTNEGATIVE IMPACTNEGATIVE SIGNNON-POOR HOUSEHOLDSNUMBER OF MIGRANTSNURSENURSESNUTRITIONAL NEEDSORGANIC FARMINGPENSIONSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA EXPENDITUREPERMANENT MIGRATION STATUSPESTICIDESPOLITICAL STABILITYPOORPOOR FAMILIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR INFRASTRUCTUREPOOR PEOPLEPOOR POPULATIONPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY CHANGEPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY INDICATORSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY MAPPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY RISKPOVERTY STATUSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY HEALTH FACILITIESPRIVATE DOCTORSPRO-POORPROGRESSPUBLIC SECTORREDUCTION IN POVERTYREMITTANCESRETURN MIGRATIONRETURNEESRUNNING WATERRURALRURAL AREASRURAL GROWTHRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL INCOMERURAL INCOMESRURAL INEQUALITYRURAL MIGRANTSRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY INCIDENCERURAL POVERTY RATERURAL POVERTY RATESRURAL PROBLEMSRURAL PRODUCTIONRURAL PRODUCTIVITYRURAL REGIONSRURAL RESIDENTSRURAL STAGNATIONRURAL WELFARESAVINGSSCHOOLINGSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY ENROLLMENTSECTORAL COMPOSITIONSEXSHARP REDUCTIONSIGNIFICANT IMPACTSKILLED LABORSMALL SCALE FARMERSSMALLER HOUSEHOLDSSOCIAL AFFAIRSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSTANDARD DEVIATIONSTRUCTURAL REFORMSSTRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONSUBSISTENCETARGETINGTEMPORARY MIGRANTSTEMPORARY MIGRATIONTERTIARY EDUCATIONUNEMPLOYMENTUNSKILLED LABORURBAN AREASURBAN GROWTHURBAN INFRASTRUCTUREURBAN MIGRATIONURBAN POORURBAN POPULATIONURBAN POVERTYVEGETABLE GROWERSVEGETABLESVULNERABILITYVULNERABILITY TO POVERTYWAGE EMPLOYMENTWORK FORCEWorld Bank10.1596/7659