Thursday, 26 May 2016

Is there a shortcut to development for the Western Balkans? (Anastasia Shegay, Brookings)

Reuters/Arben Celi - A man looks around the castle of Ali Pasha Tepelena in Porto Palermo, some 235 km (147 miles) south of capital Tirana May 28, 2014.

When you are a leader of a low- to middle-income country, tasked with improving the lives of thousands and sometimes millions of citizens, the temptation to take a few shortcuts to propel your country to high-income status might be high. After all, even at high rates of economic growth, catching up to a standard of living of developed economies is a long process that often requires current generations to make certain sacrifices for the well-being of future generations

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/future-development/posts/2016/05/26-shortcut-to-development-western-balkans-shegay

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