Economic damage in the customs sector over the years has been ranked as one of the four sectors with the highest economic damage caused to the State Budget. It comes as a result of evading customs duties and tariffs miscalculation, violation of procedures in the clearance of goods, reduction of the values of penalties without a legal basis, etc. Open Data Albania has taken into…
The economic damage in the taxation sector in the 2008-2012 period
The economic and financial damage identified by the Supreme State Audit (SSA) is usually classified in ten key areas and sectors where taxation represents one of the most important voices due to its high public sensitivity. It takes the form of irregularities and violations of the actual tax legislation, which are generally followed by tax evasion and negative effects on the tax revenue collection, which…
The economic damage to the state budget for the years 2008-2012
One of the most important organs, which helps in a effective and efficient management of public funds, is the Supreme State Audit (SSA). Under the Article no. 162 of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania, SSA is the highest body of economic and financial control. It controls the economic activity of the public institutions and public legal persons, the use and protection of the…
The Compensation for Ex Political Prisoners during 2005-2013
Comparative Analysis: Albania toward the region countries in terms of total health expenditures as a percentage of GDP and Total Health Expenditure per capita
Two of the most important indicators that show the importance given to health are the percentage (%) of Total Health Expenditures to GDP and Total Health Expenditures per capita. Studies have shown that there is a link between wealth (poverty) of a country and health expenditures per capita. Richer the country, more is spent for the health and vice versa. Furthermore, is noted a direct…
Use of electricity during years 1998-2010
Use of electricity is one of the parameters that enables us to analyze the efficiency of the utilization of the electric energy. Total sources of electricity serve one or more of the following main categories: consumers, export, and losses in the grid. Source: Energy Report, INSTATComment and analysis: ODA As years have gone by, the strucutre of use as changed. From a ratio of Losses/Consumers…
Structure of final use of electricity
The structure of electricity consumption serves to identify its main users. It is an indicator that allows us to judge the scale of economic and industrial development of a country. The more electricity the private sector uses (industry, agriculture, transport, etc) the more developed the country is. On the other hand, analyzing the structure of final use helps to determine the measures necessary for a…
Total Losses of Electricity
Of the most important parameters for measuring the efficiency of the consumption of electricity is the level of losses. For many years this has been one of the biggest concerns of the energy sector and it appears that it is still very present. Total losses include Losses in the Distribution System, Losses in the Transmition System, and Non-technical Losses which refer to the electricity taken…
Amounts billed and payments received for electricity during 2002-2009
The second component that helps in determining the efficiency of electricity use is the ratio of payments received versus the amounts billed. Burimi: 2009 Annual ERE reportComments and analysis: Open Data Albania The graph shows that the amount billed (in nominal value) has been constantly increasing. This could be partly explained by the increase in electricity consumption, the price increase, but also by an increase…
Agregate Sources, Imports and Production of Electricity during 1998-2010
As one of the main requirements for a normal lifestyle for the people and the development of the country’s economy, securing the necessary elcetric energy is a real challenge for every government. The demand for electricity is ever increasing, therefore planning the energy production is a pre-condition for a normal energitic situation. Comments and analysis: ODASource: Energy Report, INSTAT Aggregate sources represent all possible alternatives for…
Production of Electricity by the Private Sector
The private sector that produces electricity mades up a small market and still has a low impact in the overall production of electricity in our country. Although after 2008 the number of private companies operating in this market has increased, the data shows that they are still far from being an important factor. Presently the private market is made up by small HEC-s which are…
Indicators for produced and billed water
Albania is country with a great number of natural water sources, nonetheless 20% of its citizens still do not receive water. The average capacity of these drinking water sources is estimated at about 654 million cubic meters, whereas only about 292 million cubic meters of water gets produced. In other words only 44% of potential sources is being exploited. Source: General Directory of water and…
Cost of public debt per capita in the years 1998-2012
Debt taken from one state to finance a part of its expenditures, whether current or capital expenditures is associated with the obligation to pay the interest, which is often known as the cost of debt. Cost of public debt is one of the most financed functions from the state budget and for that reason the attention to this indicator is increasing continuously. A very important…
The amount of public debt per capita during 2000-2012
Debt per capita is an indicator that is calculated as the ratio of total public debt issued domestically and abroad (which has not yet been paid) by the population of that country. It serves to identify the amount of public debt that belongs to every citizen and is considered one of the key indicators that reflect a country’s ability to continue to pay the debt…
Comparative Analysis: Albania toward the region countries in terms of total health expenditures in the State Budget
Financial agents, who spend on health sector within a country, may be public or private entities. The public sector, through its institutions, carry out capital expenditures, wages and salaries, maintenance expenditures, reimbursement of drugs, etc. While private sector expenditures are direct payments made from individuals to provide health care. Public sector expenditures on health are calculated as the sum of the budget allocated for the…