| Type | Book Section - Support Programs for the Development of SMEs in Time of Crises: Some Analysis from Albania | 
| Title | Entrepreneurship in the Balkans | 
| Author(s) | |
| Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2013 | 
| Page numbers | 251-268 | 
| Publisher | Springer | 
| URL | http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-36577-5_13 | 
| Abstract | During year 2011 it is achieved an economic growth of 3.0 % toward GDP. SME sector contributed in more than 73 % of GDP and more than 71 % in employment. The number of active enterprises till the end of year 2011 (INSTAT 2012a), reached 106,503, which indicated an increase of 8.3 % comparing to 2010. The active enterprises in Albania from 2005 to 2011 are increased by about 69 %. In Table 1 are shown active enterprises by the year.  | 
        
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