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- v - Contents ABSTRACT ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................ ................................ ........................... IV CONTENTS ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... V CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ................................ ................................ ..................... 5 1.1 O BJECTIVE OF T HESIS ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 5 1.2 O UTLINE OF T HESIS ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 5 1.3 M ETHODOLOGY ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 6 PART I: AN OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION IN ALBANIA ................................ ............. 7 CHAPTER 2: CURRENT S ITUATION IN ALBANIA ................................ .......................... 7 2.1 I NTRODUCTION ................................ ................................ ................................ .......... 7 2.2 A SHORT HISTORY OF THE COMMUNIST A LBANIA 1945 - 1990 ................................ ............ 9 2 .2 A LBANIA AFTER COMMUNI SM 1990 - 2010 ................................ ................................ ... 12 2.3 A LBANIA ’ S CURRENT SITUATION ................................ ................................ .................. 14 CHAPTER 3: ALBANIA A ND SUSTAINABILITY: A COUNTRY EVOL VING ....................... 16 3.1 I NTRODUCTION ................................ ................................ ................................ ........ 16 3.2 W HAT IS SUSTAINABILIT Y IN ECONOMY , SOCIETY AND ENVIRONM ENT ? ................................ 17 3.3 S IGNS OF S USTAINABILITY IN A LBANIA AND THE ROLE OF LOCAL NGO’ S .............................. 20 PART II: A GAP ANALY SIS ................................ ................................ ........................ 22 CHAPTER 4: ALBANIA A ND EUROPEAN UNION: A GOAL TO BE FULFILLED ................ 22 4.1 I NTRODUCTION ................................ ................................ ................................ ........ 22 4.2 H OW FAR AWAY IS A LBANIA FROM FULFILLI NG ITS GOAL ? ................................ ................. 24 - vi - 4.3 C HALLENGES FOR SUSTAI NABLE DEVELOPMENT IN A LBANIA AND THE RIGHT PATHWAY TOWARDS EU ............................................................ ............................................................ ................. 28 CHAPTER 5: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ALBA NIA AND EU ................................ .. 29 5.1 I NTRODUCTION ................................ ................................ ................................ ........ 29 5.2 E FFECTIVENESS OF THE STATE ................................ ................................ ...................... 29 5.3 I NSTITUTIONS AND LEGI SLATION THAT WILL PA VE THE ROAD TOWARDS E UROPEAN U NION ...... 31 CHAPTER 6: SUGGESTED STEPS LEADING TO EU AN D SUSTAINABILITY .................... 34 6.1 G REEN E CONOMY : THE TOOL TO EU INTEGRATION ................................ .......................... 34 6.2 T RADE SECTOR : A POWER READY TO BE HA RVEST ................................ ............................ 36 6.3 F IGHTING CORRUPTION I N ORDER TO HELP ENTR EPRENEURSHIP & BUSINESSES FLOURISH ........ 38 CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSIO NS ................................ ................................ ..................... 41 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................ ................................ ................................ ....... 42

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