The ratio of employees to the number of contributors to Social Insurance Scheme during 2002-2006

The social insurance system “Pay As You Go”, which is implemented in Albania, is characterized by a direct link of contributions paid and pension distributed. This means that as many contributors participate in the scheme, the more healthy and independent from the state budget would the scheme be. This fact will be further reflected in the higher chances for increased pension and subsidies decreased from…

Comparative Analysis: Albania toward the region countries in terms of defense expenditures as a percentage of GDP

Countries in the region appear to have had an irregular behavior regarding the percentage of GDP spent on defense, which can be divided into two periods: 1988-1999 and 2000-2009. In the first period (1988-1999), Croatia, followed by Cyprus, Serbia and Turkey have been the countries that spend more of their GDP on defense. Countries like Bulgaria, Romania and Albania, which had high figures till 1990,…