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Albania
Governmental Bodies and Control
In its last months in power, Albania's communist regime engaged
nine ministries in the battle to free up the country's paralyzed
economy. The Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Finance
formed the hub of economic decision making, and workers and managers
at troubled enterprises regularly turned directly to them for
direction. The Ministry of Finance took most responsibility for
implementing the government's economic reform programs. It drew
up accounting and tax regulations as well as rules on the documentation
of business activity and contributions to social security funds.
Inspectors from the Ministry of Finance, known as the "treasury
police" or "financial police," enforced the country's economic
laws, oversaw customs posts, and worked, albeit with little success,
to curb black-market speculators and take action against violators
of price ceilings. The other ministries concerned with the economy,
such as agriculture, construction, industry, trade, and transportation,
implemented plans affecting their respective sectors.
Data as of April 1992
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