01642cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022848 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 20.00 USD 9781451800814 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Albania : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005. 1 online resource (79 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 Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix paper examines the issue of dollarization in Albania against the background of rapidly evolving banking, policy and prudential systems, and of growing importance of monetary policy as a tool for demand management. The period covered is 1998-the immediate aftermath of the pyramid scheme collapse-to the present, which is a period of impressive, though gradual, transformation rather than of abrupt structural changes. The paper also analyzes the poverty situation in Albania, and discusses the poverty alleviation mechanisms that have worked. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2005/090 Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1934-7685&volume=2005&issue=090 IMF e-Library