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Accountability, anti-corruption and transparency policies in Public-Owned Enterprises (POEs) in Albania

In: Accountability, anti-corruption, and transparency policies in Public-Owned Enterprises (POEs)

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  • Nevila MEHMETAJ

    (Faculty of Economics, University of Shkodra ‘Luigj Gurakuqi’, Albania)

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Public-Owned Enterprises (POEs) are generally large economic enterprises owned and governed by state institutions. POEs generally are the sole or the main provider of the key public goods and services as water, electricity, transport, telecommunications, and postal services. If administered efficiently, the POEs are important for national development and perspective of natural economic resources. The concern is how accurately these monopolistic enterprises are organized in aspects of administrative and managerial perspectives to function as effectively as possible for the objectives they are created. Therefore an overall summary of the public-owned enterprises is presented through their process of emerging, privatization, and evolution in Albania, southeast Europe. The process was accompanied by shortcomings due to its ad-hoc nature; and associated with negative effects of bad management, governance corruption, and low efficiency of the operational activities and results.

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  • Nevila MEHMETAJ, 2021. "Accountability, anti-corruption and transparency policies in Public-Owned Enterprises (POEs) in Albania," CIRIEC Studies Series, in: Andrea ZATTI & CIRIEC (ed.), Accountability, anti-corruption, and transparency policies in Public-Owned Enterprises (POEs), volume 2, chapter 0, pages 125-141, CIRIEC - Université de Liège.
    • Handle: RePEc:crc:chapte:2-albania
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    Keywords

    public-owned enterprises; privatization; governance; corruption;
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    JEL classification:

    • H82 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Governmental Property
    • H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration
    • L32 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Enterprises; Public-Private Enterprises

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