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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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Demeti, A., Demeti, T. (2013). Support Programs for the Development of SMEs in Time of Crises: Some Analysis from Albania. In: Ramadani, V., Schneider, R. (eds) Entrepreneurship in the Balkans. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36577-5_13
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