TY - BOOK ID - 84545018 TI - Albania : Staff Report for the 2006 Article IV Consultation, First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Review Under Extended Arrangement, Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review. AU - International Monetary Fund. AU - International Monetary Fund PY - 2006 SN - 1455262293 1452773742 1280985933 9786613757548 1451989083 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Foreign Exchange KW - Money and Monetary Policy KW - Public Finance KW - Industries: Financial Services KW - Social Services and Welfare KW - Debt KW - Debt Management KW - Sovereign Debt KW - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General KW - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General KW - Banks KW - Depository Institutions KW - Micro Finance Institutions KW - Mortgages KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Monetary economics KW - Finance KW - Currency KW - Foreign exchange KW - Social welfare & social services KW - Public debt KW - Government debt management KW - Revenue administration KW - Credit KW - Loans KW - Public financial management (PFM) KW - Money KW - Financial institutions KW - Debts, Public KW - Revenue KW - Albania UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84545018 AB - Albania’s macroeconomic performance over the past year has been good, with strong growth and a significant reduction in poverty under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Arrangement. Executive Directors commended the new strategy for maintaining the macroeconomic stability, enhancement of the budget, and the credibility of the monetary framework. They emphasized the need to accelerate structural reforms, and appreciated the revised strategy for the electricity sector. They stressed the need to improve official statistics to serve as a reliable basis for policymaking and program design. ER -