Rashid, Mansoora 1958- creator Dorabawila, Vajeera. Adams, Richard 1951- World Bank text bibliography dcu Washington, D.C World Bank c2001 2001 monographic eng

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vii, 83 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Machine generated contents note: I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY1 -- A. Introduction-- B. An Overview: 1990-1996 1 -- C. Household Welfare and Poverty, 1996 2 -- D. The Labor Market3 -- E. Public Services: Developing Human Capital and Poverty -- Alleviation4 -- F. The Challenges Ahead6 -- II. HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IN ALBANIA 19968 -- A. Socio-Economic Characteristics8 -- B. Income, Consumption, Amenities, and Assets10 -- C. A Profile of the Poor 15 -- mI. THE LABOR MARKET21 -- A. The Labor Force21 -- B. Labor Market Flexibility31 -- C. The Emerging Labor Market32 -- IV. PUBLIC PROGRAMS IN RURAL ALBANIA. 35 -- A. Education35 -- B. Public Transfers 42 -- V. REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY48 -- STATISTICAL ANNEX49 -- Index of Tables and Figures -- Tables -- Table 2. 1: Incidence of Acute and Chronic Illness by Age Group and Location 9 -- Table 2. 2: Physical Characteristics of Households. 13 -- Table 3. 1: Duration of unemployment for the unemployed 25 -- Table 3. 2: Average Land Area and Value of Land by Region26 -- Table 4. 1: Gross Enrollment Rates by Educational Level, Gender and Expenditure Quintile -- G roup38 -- Table 4. 2: Gross Enrollment Rates by Urban/Rural Sector, Gender and Expenditure Quintile -- Group39 -- Table 4. 3: Per Capita and Total Expenditure (lek) on Basic, Secondary and Tertiary Education, -- Albania 199640 -- Table 4. 4: Ndihme Social Assistance: Households Receiving Benefits44 -- Table 4. 5: Old Age Pensions: Households Receiving Benefits 46 -- Figures -- Figure 2. 1: Size Composition of Households by Level of Consumption 8 -- Figure 2. 2: The Incidence of Chronic and Acute Illness by Quintile10 -- Figure 2. 3: The Distribution of Consumption11 -- Figure 2. 4: Mean Percentage Allocation of Household Consumption Items12 -- Figure 2. 5: Distribution of Consumption in Urban and Rural Areas 12 -- Figure 2. 6: Ratio of Consumption of Poorest to Richest Quintiles13 -- Figure 2. 7: Distribution of Household Physical Characteristics by Quintile14 -- Figure 2. 8: Value of Total Land Owned by Employment Status of Household Head14 -- Figure 2. 9: Incidence of Poverty by Age of Household Head15 -- Figure 2. 10: Distribution of Per Capita Consumption by Region16 -- Figure 2. 11: Poverty Rate by Household Size17 -- Figure 2. 12: Incidence of Poverty by Number of Children in Household18 -- Figure 2. 13: Incidence of Poverty by the Education Status of the Household Head18 -- Figure 2. 14: Incidence of Poverty by the Employment Status of the Household Head19 -- Figure 3. 1: Composition of the Employed, Albania (less Tirana) 1996 23 -- Figure 3. 2: Characteristics of the Unemployed23 -- Figure 3. 3: The Composition of Unemployed By Work Experience 24 -- Figure 3. 4: Characteristics of those in Agriculture-Self Employment 27 -- Figure 3. 5: Characteristics of Wage Employed in the Public and Private Sectors28 -- Figure 3. 6: Wage Distribution in the Public and Private Sectors29 -- Figure 3. 7: Those Hired Before and After the Election 32 -- Figure 3. 8: The Characteristics of Workers Hired Before and After the Election33 -- Figure 3. 9: Median Wages of those Hired Before and After the Election34 -- Figure 4. 1: Improvements in the Education Status of Successive Cohorts 36 -- Figure 4. 2: Net, Gross and Age Specific Enrollment Rates By Level of Education38 -- Figure 4. 3: Public Transfers in Albania as Percent of Total Public Transfers43. Mansoora Rashid, Vajeera Dorabawila and Richard Adams. Includes bibliographical references. Cost and standard of living Albania Labor market Albania Human services Albania Albania Economic conditions 1992- Statistics Albania Social conditions Statistics HD7044.5 .R37 2001 363.5 WOB 2001 0821349635 2001026505 DLC 010508 20181210064550.0