 The World Bank Office in Tirana is organizing the first annual Albania -World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) on June 10-11, 2008.
This conference is intended to be an annual event focusing on different development themes each year. This first edition of the conference will address aspects of Albania's growth and transition focusing on "Labor market restructuring and the development of a competitive labor force in Albania ".
Some of the topics could include:
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labor costs, taxation and informality;
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agriculture, rural labor market trends and competitiveness;
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skills gap, education and training policies
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financing basic services for a competitive labor force
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poverty analysis
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unemployment and labor market analysis
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social protection
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information society
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migration
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small business issues, including access to credit and technologies
The conference will include presentations and discussions of recent analytical work by the World Bank, but will also include work by relevant local and regional government agencies, development partners, academic institutions, think tanks and NGOs.
Click here for the agenda
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