Fiscal space for financing social protection in Albania

This report, carried out by the ILO in collaboration with UNICEF and UNWOMEN in the framework of the Joint UN Programme “Catalysing Municipal Social Protection”, presents the analysis of creating fiscal space for financing social protection in Albania, which is non-discriminatory, gender-sensitive, and economically sustainable.

Based on good country practices around the world, the report identifies possible options to create fiscal space as well as the corresponding resource availability in Albania. The report recommends that these different alternatives should be discussed in a national dialogue. Moreover, the country needs to address issues such as tax evasion and the informal economy to raise more government revenues and to further expand and strengthen its contributory schemes.