Foreign Direct Investment in the Services Sector
The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) represents one of the engines of the Albanian economic development. Radical changes have been made to transform the country’s economic structure into a structure oriented towards FDI, economic liberalization, creating a more flexible and attracting environment for foreign investors. Over the last 20 years, Albania has been changing from an agricultural economy to a services-oriented one. The services sector in…
Communes run by candidates of the same political party. The“Bastion“ phenomenon 2000-2015
Open Data Albania has conducted a research on the selection of mayors in the last four electoral processes.The data were obtained in the electronic manuals of the Central Election Commission. The research article contains statistical and nominal information about the winners as mayors in the local government elections of 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2011. In the Republic of Albania under the relevant law on the…
The average monthly wage per employee in the private and public sectors
Open Data Albania has conducted a research work on the average monthly wage per employee in the private and public sectors during the past 10 years, based on a dataset from INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics). The following figure shows how the average wages have changed for different sectors of the economy in Albania: Source: INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics)Comments and Analysis: ODA As it…
Electoral Crimes
The current Albanian Criminal Code contains eight articles which provide for crimes or criminal infractions affecting elections. At the same time, the Electoral Code, in two articles, defines as punishable such acts as voting more than once or abandonment of duty by members of election commissions. The legal framework for the regulation of acts that endanger voting rights and fairness in an electoral process lies…
The Building Permits per County
Open Data Albania has conducted a research work on the number of building permits per county in the recent years in Albania, based on data provided from INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics).A building permit is an authorization to begin working on a construction project. The permit is the final step of the planning and authorization of the project before starting the work. Since 2005, the…
Head of communes based on the political direction of the subject that nominated them 2000 – 2015
Open Data Albania (ODA) has researched the election of the heads of the communes in the last four elections. The data were obtained from the electronic newsletters or manuals of the Central Election Commission. This research article contains statistical as well as specific information on the winners in the local elections of 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2011. In the Republic of Albania there are 308…
Foreign Direct Investment in Albania
The foreign direct investment (FDI) is still an important source of capital flows and economic development in Albania. Open Data Albania has conducted a research work on the amounts of FDI in Albania, based on datasets provided from the Bank of Albania. The FDI includes foreign institutional or individual investments in an enterprise operating in the domestic economy if 10% or more of the capital…
Municipalities run by candidates of the same political party. The
Open Data Albania (ODA) has researched the election of mayors in the last four elections. The data were obtained from the electronic newsletters or manuals of the Central Election Commission. This research article contains statistical as well as specific information on the mayoral winners in the local elections of 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2011. In the Republic of Albania there are 65 municipalities on the…
Gender relations in the lists of the heads of the communes from 2000 to 2015
Open Data Albania (ODA) has researched the election of the heads of the communes in the last four elections. The data were obtained from the electronic newsletters or manuals of the Central Election Commission. This research article contains statistical as well as specific information on the winners in the local elections of 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2011. In the Republic of Albania there are 308…