Politikat e zhvillimit të zonave rurale dhe të defavorizuara – nevoja për konceptime bashkëkohore
Development policies of rural and disfavoured areas – the need for contemporary concepts

Summary/Abstract: Albania has a population of 3.13 million inhabitants, 54% of which lives in rural areas. The development of Albanian economy has had a relatively good progress the recent years with a growth of 5-7% annually. Among the main factors that brought and preserved this relatively high level of growth are the reforms in privatisation, liberalisation of trade, a high fiscal discipline, a relatively educated work force that is capable of utilising market opportunities as well as the rapid growth of a sustainable financial sector. Rural areas cover 2/3 of the territory, while the disfavoured areas (even though there is not an official definition yet), are estimated to cover about 65% of the territory of the country. In these areas live about 1/3 of the population with almost 50% of farmland (compared to 56% of the total farmland in EU countries). Based on the outcomes of policies implemented so far, a new development approach is necessary for these areas, which will offer more efficient solutions with quicker balancing and integrating effects. The challenges this areas face require more “holistic” and integrated methods for a sustainable and socio-economically balanced development, based on the experience of approaches adopted by many developed EU countries, based on the contemporary concept of territorial development.

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