Reformat e Manaxhimit Publik: Letonia
Public Management Reforms: Latvia

Author(s): Inga Bite Perceva
Subject(s): Governance, Public Administration, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: ASET Albanian Socio - Economic Think - Tank
Keywords: Social-Economic Policies; Political System; Administrative System; The Implementation Process;
Summary/Abstract: On 1 January 2008, Latvia had a population of 2,271,000. Between 1999 and 2008, its population decreased by 128,0001 inhabitants. According to forecasts by EUROSTAT (the European Statistical Institute), the population was expected to decrease again. This unstable demographic situation that had begun in 1991 was the result of two negative processes – the first, the decline in the birth rate and the aging of the population, and the second, the migration process. EUROSTAT predicted that the aging of the population would continue in the future. Another important factor that should also be taken into account is that the level of emigration is higher than that of immigration.

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