This web page provides information on the activities of the Office, views of the IMF staff, and the relations between Albania and the IMF. Additional information can be found on Albania and IMF country page, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents in English that deal with Albania.
This office is part of the Regional Office for the Western Balkans.
At a Glance: Albania's Relations with the IMF
- Current IMF membership: 191 countries
- Albania joined the Fund on October 15, 1991
- Quota: SDR 139.30 million
- The 2024 Article IV Consultation was discussed by the Executive Board on January 17, 2025
- Financial Position in the Fund
Office Activities
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Inflation Dynamics in the Western Balkans
March 3, 2023
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The Future of PPPs in the Western Balkans
February 10, 2023
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Past efforts to build policy buffers and a broadly appropriate macroeconomic policy mix during 2020–21 have helped Albania withstand the impact of consecutive shocks since 2019. Growth is expected to remain solid in 2022 before decelerating in 2023, and inflation is projected to return to the central bank’s target only in 2024. There is considerable uncertainty. Risks to growth are tilted to the downside and risks to inflation are to the upside.
December 9, 2022
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Staff Concluding Statement of the 2022 Article IV Mission
October 10, 2022
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IMF Staff Concludes a Staff Visit to Albania
May 19, 2022
IMF's Work on Albania
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April 16, 2025
Author/Editor:David Bartolini | Jakree Koosakul | Rebecca Huang | Jesper L Linde | Roland Meeks
Series:Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/038 -
Stress Testing the Albanian Banking Sector: A Decade Post-FSAP
April 16, 2025
Author/Editor:Jakree Koosakul | Eugena Topi
Series:Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/039 -
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2024 Article IV Consultation with Albania
January 27, 2025
Washington, DC – January 27, 2025: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Albania on January 17, 2025.
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January 24, 2025
Series:Country Report No. 2025/020
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January 24, 2025
Series:Country Report No. 2025/021
Regional Economic Outlook
October 24, 2024
Europe’s economy is recovering, benefiting from a strong crises’ response. Yet, the recovery is falling short of its full potential. Uncertainty about persistent core inflation, policy directions, and geopolitical conflicts, is dampening the near-term outlook. In the longer term, perennially weak productivity growth—a result of limited scale and business dynamism–-amid new headwinds from fragmentation and climate change are holding back growth potential.
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