THE ROLE OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE ALBANIAN ECONOMY - SPECIAL FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE SECTOR

Knowing the efects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a means of encouraging investment, it underscores the need for accurate measurements and detailed statistics of FDI for assessing their relationship with economic growth and its impact on various economic sectors, mainly in the agricultural sector. The main goal is to identify the role and barriers factors, in terms of increasing the flow of FDI in Albania. An important aspect of the aim of this research is to identify and evaluate the role and impact of FDI in Albanian agriculture, trends and issues, major obstacles to FDI in this sector, focusing in Korca and in municipalities. Over the past decade, the flow of foreign direct investment, performed in Albanian agricultural economy played an important role in increasing the productivity and efficiency of production, employment and domestic exports. The objectives of this study dealing with the analysis of FDI as an important factor for developing countries in terms of globalization of the world economy as well as direct or indirect impact they have on the Albanian economy with the main focus on agriculture. The importance of this first study is to give a better understanding of the role of FDI in the country's economy in general and agriculture in particular. The significance of developments in recent years in Albania, which have had a positive impact on the business climate in the country. For years, the business climate in Albania has been improving and growing interest of foreign investors comes and becomes greater, due to macroeconomic stability and implementation of reforms in the country.