When structural adjustment proceeds as prescribed: agricultural sector reforms in Albania

Christensen, Garry

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“…The Landsat data were in the northern coastal agricultural district of Shkodër. Intensive collectivised large‐scale agriculture with guaranteed markets and predominantly wheat crop cultivation was practiced until the collapse of communism in 1991 (Christensen ; Cungu and Swinnen ). This political change produced a shift from state to private ownership of lands, with land being divided based on household size (Muller and Sikor ; Swinnen ).…”

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A contemporary decennial examination of changing agricultural field sizes using Landsat time series data

White

Roy

2015

Geography and Environment

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Field size distributions and their changes have not been studied over large areas as field size change datasets are not available. This study quantifies agricultural field size changes in a consistent manner using Landsat satellite data that also provide geographic context for the observed decadal scale changes. Growing season cloud‐free Landsat 30 m resolution images acquired from 9 to 25 years apart were used to extract field object classifications at seven sites located by examination of a global agricultural yield map, agricultural production statistics, literature review, and analysis of the imagery in the US Landsat archive. High spatial resolution data were used to illustrate issues identifying small fields that are not reliably discernible at 30 m Landsat resolution. The predominant driver of field size change was attributed by literature review. Significant field size changes were driven by different factors, including technological advancements (Argentina and USA), government land use and agricultural policies (Malaysia, Brazil, France), and political changes (Albania and Zimbabwe). While observed local field size changes were complex, the reported results suggest that median field sizes are increasing due to technological advancements and changes to government policy, but may decrease where abrupt political changes affect the agricultural sector and where pastures are converted to arable land uses. In the limited sample considered, median field sizes increased from 45% (France) to 159% (Argentina) and decreased from 47% (Brazil) to 86% (Albania). These changes imply significant impacts on landscape spatial configuration and land use diversity with ecological and biogeochemical consequences.

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A contemporary decennial examination of changing agricultural field sizes using Landsat time series data

White

Roy

2015

Geography and Environment

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“…The collapse of the socialist regime and the transformation of Albania to a capitalist country were attended by serious economic, political and social problems. The Albanian people faced high unemployment, low wages and income, rampant inflation, political instability, and criminality (see; Christensen, 1994: 558; King, 2005; Kosic and Triandafyllidou, 2003: 999‐1001). The situation worsened after the collapse of a series of “pyramid saving schemes” in late 1996 and early 1997.…”

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“…5 5 From 1990 to 1993, prices have increased 7.7 times since 1990, while average wages have increased only 3.4 times and unemployment has risen from 75,000 to 430,000 (Christensen, 1994: 558). …”

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Family Debts, Personal Desires and Migratory Realities: Albanian Second‐Generation Youth in Athens

Athanasopoulou¹

2011

International Migration

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“…Combined with in¯ows of international aid and e Âmigre Â remittances, this improvement was expressed in high GDP growth rates. Despite such growth starting from near zero, Albania began to be considered by some observers as a model of comprehensive structural adjustment (Christensen, 1994).…”

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Tourism as sustainable development? The Albanian experience of ?transition?

Hall¹

2000

Int. J. Tourism Res.

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Despite significant increases in international tourist arrivals and tourism receipts since the fall of communism in central and eastern europe as a whole, in the rural southeastern corner of the continent, a region well‐endowed with a range of natural and cultural tourism resources, instability and uncertainty have constrained international tourism development in the 1990s. This regional context for tourism development and the specific issues which surround a tourism‐led development model in a small developing country are addressed with particular reference to the recent experience of Albania. As part of a sustainable rural development programme, rural tourism's role as a counterbalance to rejuvenated mass coastal tourism is evaluated. Potentially an important vehicle for cultural expression and employment regeneration, the adoption of rural tourism as a development vehicle is faced with a number of obstacles, which national, and perhaps international, development programmes need to address. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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When structural adjustment proceeds as prescribed: agricultural sector reforms in Albania

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A contemporary decennial examination of changing agricultural field sizes using Landsat time series data

A contemporary decennial examination of changing agricultural field sizes using Landsat time series data

Family Debts, Personal Desires and Migratory Realities: Albanian Second‐Generation Youth in Athens

Tourism as sustainable development? The Albanian experience of ?transition?

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