June 2001 - PPFI became part of regional research on “Restructuring and Development of the Banking Sector in Advanced Transition Countries: Lessons to be learnt by other transition economies”. The institute worked on the research ”Bank Restructuring Reform in Albania during the last ten years”. The Partners for Financial Stability, a co-operative initiative of USAID and East West Management Institute, financed the study. Full Paper.

December 2001 - Research "Comparative Analysis of Corporate Governance and Shareholder's rights in South Eastern European Countries" won by the PPFI and its executive director as a Award - Alumni Small Grants Program" provided by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act.

May 2002 – Research project funded by Global Development Network (GDN) to undertake a regional research on “Globalisation and Equity”. This research paper was presented at an international conference in Cairo on January 2003. Full Paper.

July 2002 – July 2005 This is a three year project managed by OECD and funded by OECD/EBRD/EU DG Enterprise. The OECD has provided a research grant for enterprise policy assessment in the Balkan region, covering 10 countries. This project is part of development efforts at a regional scale in frame of Investment Compact, Stability Pact for SEE countries. The country assessment, including a regional assessment will be prepared jointly by OECD/EBRD/EU DG Enterprise in cooperation with local institutes. PPFI is the selected Albanian institute for performing such assessment. The main aim for this is to assess the extent of a country’s progress in developing and implementing policies for enterprise and SME development and in particular to obtain private sector feedback and views about the effectiveness of enterprise policy. Albania EPPA and SEE Regional EPPA.