Did the Industry Exist in Albania before WWII? Fact-checking
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The Albanian economic literature from 1945 to 1990 demonstrates dubious modifications in the share of industrial output in Albania's GDP during the 1930s. The communist government, of course, sought to prove the correctness of its economic strategy. We will examine whether the Albanian regime's inclination to overstate its industrial development accomplishments in comparison to the past led to the manipulation of statistical data on Albania's industrial production prior to World War II. In that period, official historiography significantly compromised data reliability by utilizing statistics as a propaganda instrument, resulting in a distortion of the analysis derived from them. Regrettably, contemporary Albanian and foreign scholars are profoundly influenced by communist propaganda and historiography.
Authors: Guxho, Genti, Xhafka, Eralda
Institution: Polytechnic University of Tirana
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6911922461
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