01936cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004584 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451854541 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Albania : Income Distribution, Poverty, and Social Safety Nets in the Transition, 1991-1993. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1994. 1 online resource (72 pages) IMF Working Papers <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 examines developments in Albania's income distribution and poverty during the transition to a market-oriented economy. It pays particular attention to the impact of price liberalization on the agricultural terms of trade and production, the decline in state enterprise employment, emigrant remittances, and social safety nets. Income and consumption data produce conflicting results. Based on income data, including average presumptive agricultural incomes and state sector wages, there is a significant rise in real income in rural areas and a decline in real income in urban areas. Based on food consumption data, however, a large decline in urban real incomes is implausible. Poverty in both the urban and the rural population was mitigated by the presence of formal social safety nets, as well as informal arrangements in the form of emigrant remittances. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1994/123 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1994/123/001.1994.issue-123-en.xml IMF e-Library