Expenditures allocated for Defence function for 2012

Expenditures allocated for Defence function for 2012 is shown in the graph below: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) Budget allocated to every program related to “Defence” function for 2012 by percent is shown graphically as folllows: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) All the information is presented in the dynamic table below: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments…

Fluctuations of Unemployment insurance benefits, Social Assistance and Compensation for Ex-Political prisoners in the Consolidated Budget during 2009

Unemployment insurance benefits, social assistance and compensation for ex-political prisoners are part of Consolidated Budget under “Other Expenditures” category. Even these categories have a small share to total budget expenditure, about 4% -5%, due to nature of social classes that benefit from these payments the sensitivity is high. The following chart shows the fluctuations of these categories in the Initial Budget, Revised Budget, Normative Act…

Expenditures allocated for Social Protection and Social Insurance function for 2012

Expenditures allocated to “Social Protection and Social Insurance” function for 2012 is shown in the graph below: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) Budget allocated to every program related to “Social Protection and Social Insurance” function for 2012 by percent is shown graphically as folllows: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) All the information is presented in…

Fluctuations of Tax Revenues during 2009

Tax revenues are the main item of total revenues of state budget. Below are given the components of tax revenues in the Initial Budget, Revised Budget, and Normative Act versus the Actual Budget of 2009. In the Revised Budget, tax revenues fell by 3.5% or 6 billion ALL a trend which is reflected even in the Normative Act. Meanwhile, tax revenues in the actual budget…

Indicators of drinkable water supply

Water plays a vital role in human life. It is estimated that approximately 2.6 billion people worldwide do not have access to hygienic water, and about another 900 million do not consume safe water.  Since water is a fundamental premise for a healthy life,  it has been a determining factor in population’s migration from one place to another. From this standpoint Albania can be considered…

Expenditures allocated for Public Order and Security function for 2012

Expenditures allocated to “Public Order and Security” function for 2012 is shown in the graph below: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) Budget allocated to every program related to “Public Order and Security” function for 2012 by percent is shown graphically as folllows: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) All the information is presented in the dynamic…

Fluctuations of Revenues from the tax offices and customs during 2009

Tax Revenues is calculated from four most important items such as: Value Added Tax (VAT), Income Tax (IT), Excise Tax and Personal Income Tax (PIT). Since the first months of 2009 the forecasted figures for the first three categories of taxes failure to meet their expectations, which was reflected by their level in the revised budget. They were corrected so, by decreasing respectively 2.8 billion…

Budget for function ‘Environment’ for the year 2012

Expenditures allocated for Environment function for 2012 is shown in the graph below: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) Budget allocated to every program related to “Environment” function for 2012 by percent is shown graphically as folllows: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA)All the information is presented in the dynamic table below: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and…

Budget for the Cost function of debt for the year 2012

Expenditures allocated for Public Debt Cost function for 2012 is shown in the graph below: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) Expenditures allocated for Public Debt Cost function for 2012 by percent is shown graphically as folllows: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) All the information is presented in the dynamic table below: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments…

Albania Health Insurance Institute expenditures and support received from the Government Budget during 2000-2011

Albania Health Insurance Institute (AHII) has had various responsibilities at different times in terms of offering healthcare related services to the population. Based on these functions and responsibilites its budget has also varied. Since the contributions collected for health insurance are very low compared to its expenses, this has meant continuous financing from the government’s budget. Source: Ministry of FinanceAnalysis and Comments: Open Data Albania…

Investment and subsidies from the state budget for water supply and sewerage sector

Water supply and sewerage management sector is characterized by a poor management and even its decentralization has not given the expected improvements. Despite that the level of incomes from year to year has been increasing, still state budget subsidy remains a necessity for its operation, while this sector could be profitable itself.  Source: Water Regulatory Entity (WRE)Comments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) As can…

Revenues from Local government in years

Based on the Fiscal indicators regarding consolidated budget, the section of local taxes revenues refers to taxes that are collected and administered by Local Government Units. In the consolidated budget they are grouped in three main categories as follows: Small Business Tax, Property tax and other local taxes[1]. In years these taxes and their fees amount have changed, which is reflected even in the revenues…

The Ministry of Health Budget (2003-2011)

Healthcare is one of the most sensitive issues concerning citizens, as it directly affects the quality of life. As such, attention to the management of public funds to this sector takes on a special importance. The Ministry of Health (MoH) is one of the three pillars of the public institutions that participate in the Albanian healthcare system. Along with the Institute of Health Insurance (IHI)…

Activity of Health Centers, Polyclinics & Ambulances

The total number of health institutions and medical examinations is shown in the graph below: Source: Ministry of HealthComments and Analysis: ODA The graph below displays the number of medical examinations by age and category from 1993 to 2008: Source: Ministry of HealthComments and Analysis: ODA The entire dataset on health institutions 1993-2008 is shown in the table below: Source: Ministry of HealthComments and Analysis:…

Unconditional Transfer for Local Government over the years.

Uncoditional Transfer is a fund designated for the Local Government by the Budget so that the former can cover the costs associated with its functions and activities. Together with the revenues from taxes administered and collected by the Local Government, they form the main financing source of the Local Budget. The majority of the funds of the Unconditional Transfer is distributed according to a formula,…