PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 18, Issue no.1/ 2024

Authors :

Ana BUHALJOTI 1

1 Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana, Albania

E-mail : * Corresponding author: ana.buhaljoti@gmail.com;

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2024181013

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