Shkodra free zone

With a cheap and large labour force and high marginal
productivity of product (low capital to labour - K/L - ratio), these
economies exported their labour intensive products to Western
mature economies making, in this way, huge profits due to the large
disparities
between unit costs and foreign prices of the products.
These economies managed to improve their products quality
standards by adopting
and imitating rather than inventing new
technological
advances. More exports meant more profits, therefore,
more income,
which in turn led to higher savings and investments.
Exporting into mature economies of the West provided the much
needed hard currency for investing in capital accumulation,
education, training, R&D.
The knowledge I gained during my diplomatic mission in this
region made me conclude
that the port-city of Shkodra should aim at
its fast economic development nearly detached from the general
development plan of Albania (from which Shkodra benefits very
little). Declaring my city a `commercial and industrial free zone' will
create all the possibilities to attract investments, that employ the
richness of the resources of Shkodra region, if we follow accurately
the economic strategy that allowed the Southeast Asia region to
experience such a high growth record and leave the rest of Asia far
behind.
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