Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics and Information Technology

Participation of women in different kind of professions, even in those which were considered to be men’s domain, is not a strange phenomenon in lots of countries today. Women have fought and struggled a lot, to have opportunities for better education, careers, and salaries, even by competing with men. There have been important changes and no discrimination is pronounced in different industries and sectors of economy, anyway is the situation bright for women today? Concentrated in one of the most regulated sectors of economy-bank industry, this paper brings out a discussion about gender parity in promotion opportunities, professional development and salaries in Albanian context.

  Promotion and Compensation of Women in Albanian Banking Sector (120.5 KiB, 946 hits)

The current financial crisis has had a severe impact on the European financial systems, reinforcing the ongoing discussion about the scale, scope, performance, safety and soundness of the financial system and its institutions. In this context, the purpose of this research is to highlight, using an empirical approach and a quantitative analysis, the vulnerabilities accumulated by the financial systems from the new EU member states (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania) during the period before the current global economic crisis broke out and to emphasize the extremely serious consequences of the current crisis on their financial systems, the interaction between the financial sector and the real economy, the measures taken by the authorities in order to avoid the collapse of financial systems, as well as the new challenges aroused for the authorities in the current context. Finally, we argue then that building a safer financial system with better crisis management and a compelling solution for burden‐sharing should be the current priority.

  The Financial System of the New EU Member States: Experiences and Current Challenges (1.1 MiB, 4,247 hits)

The financial sector in Kosovo after 1999 was almost non-existent. At that time there were no banks functioning. On the 15 November on the same year has been established the Central Bank of Kosovo entitled as the Banking and Payment Authority of Kosovo (BPK). Now there are ten years past from the establishment of the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo and the initial functioning of Kosovo financial system. With the development of Kosovo economical environment in general and its financial system development in particular, the need for enlargement of objectives and functions of this institution showed up. As a result of this on August 24 of year 2006, BPK was transformed into Central Banking Authority of Kosovo – CBAK, through which functions were increased, contemporaneous governing was applied and “Kosovarization” process was made possible on CBAK governance. After the declaration of independence on the 17 February, by entering into force of the Kosovo Constitution on the 15 June 2008, the law on Kosovo Central Bank of Republic of Kosovo became effective, by ensuring full functional, operational, financial and personnel autonomy, by having one of the main objectives: Foster the soundness, solvency and efficient functioning of a stable market based financial system, encouraging market emergence of safe financial instruments. The objective of this paper is to explain the role of the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo in the establishment and the development of the ten year old post-war Kosovo financial system, how and what should be the mission and vision of CBK in function of further development of Kosovo financial system.

  Role of Central Bank in the Establishment and the Development of Financial System in Post-War Kosovo (921.2 KiB, 3,042 hits)