01570cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000273 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451800593 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Albania : Background Information. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995. 1 online resource (80 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper describes a evolution of the financial system in Albania. The paper highlights that a two-tier banking system was created following passage of a new Central Bank Law and Commercial Banking Law in April 1992. The State Bank of Albania became the Bank of Albania and retained only the functions of a central bank. Its commercial operations were hived off to become the National Bank of Albania in July 1992, which was subsequently merged with the Albanian Commercial Bank to form the National Commercial Bank of Albania on January 1, 1993. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1995/053 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1995/053/002.1995.issue-053-en.xml IMF e-Library