{"id":30757,"date":"2022-02-02T09:30:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T08:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=30757"},"modified":"2022-02-02T09:30:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T08:30:24","slug":"28-of-kosovars-live-on-less-than-e2-a-day-claims-economist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/28-of-kosovars-live-on-less-than-e2-a-day-claims-economist\/","title":{"rendered":"28% of Kosovars live on less than \u20ac2 a day, claims economist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c28% of Kosovars live on less than \u20ac2 a day, according to the World Bank\u201d, declared economy expert Zekirja Shabani for Euronews Albania.<\/p>\n<p>He underlined two major problems in Kosovo, informality and low wages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe average wage for the public sector increased to \u20ac612, but the wages in the public sector remained the same\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, an economic expert based in Tirana listed Albania as the poorest state, with the &#8220;lowest wages not only in the region but also in Europe&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe raise was so small that it can\u2019t even cover expenditures for food or price hikes. Albania has a lower average wage than Kosovo. According to a study, Albania\u2019s average salary is \u20ac420, whereas in Kosovo it\u2019s \u20ac600\u201d, Guxholli said. \u201cA fragile economy that received a blow by the pandemic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She also emphasized that Albania is the country with the highest relative poverty, according to the World Bank and IMF.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/31\/albanians-get-paid-the-lowest-minimum-wage-in-europe\/\">Albanians get paid the lowest minimum wage in all of Europe<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/30\/journalists-get-paid-minimum-wage-on-paper-but-get-the-rest-under-the-table\/\">Journalists get paid minimum wage on paper, but get the rest under the table<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c28% of Kosovars live on less than \u20ac2 a day, according to the World Bank\u201d, declared economy expert Zekirja Shabani for Euronews Albania. 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