Development Solutions Associates, Albania

Development Solutions Associates (DSA) Center is a think tank and advisory agency with special focus on economic and local development. It was registered as an NGO/NPO in Albania in 2006. DSA provides consulting and research for donors implementing development projects in Albania. DSA has a team of international and local researchers and consultants with diverse and complementary skills, combining their practitioner and academic backgrounds. This enables to complete highly professional research oriented mainly towards problem-solving.

DSA team has extensive experience in applied economic research, projects design and implementation, and policy advice to donor agencies. DSA team fields of expertise include social and economic (development) studies, agriculture and rural development studies. DSA team has implemented projects for various donors such as World Bank, FAO, USAID, SNV, EBRD, EU, GIZ, UNWOMEN, MADA (Mountainous Area Development Agency), World Vision, Open Society Foundation, Swiss Development Cooperation, Italian Cooperation, EU projects etc.

Since it was established, DSA team has produced more than 30 technical reports for different donor and international organizations.