Did the Industry Exist in Albania before WWII? Fact-checking

Genti Guxho – Textile Department, Polytechnic University of Tirana, 1001 Tirana, Albania

Eralda Xhafka – Department of Production and Management, Polytechnic University of Tirana, 1001 Tirana, Albania

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.

Keywords: Industry; interwar; propaganda; statistical data; Albania; annual average growth.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14934058

Publication Date: 27.02.2025 

How to Cite: Guxho G., Xhafka E, Did the Industry Exist in Albania before WWII? Fact-checking, Journal of Integrated Engineering and Applied Sciences. 2025; 3(1); 151-174.

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