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Kosovo : Economic and Social Reforms for Peace and Reconciliation

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Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	DC : Washington, 2013
Schriftenreihe:	World Bank Technical Paper
Umfang:	Online-Ressource
ISBN:	0821349422 9780821349427
Schlagwörter:	ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AGRICULTURE AIR AUTHORITY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM BUDGET FINANCING BUDGETARY ASSISTANCE CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL PLANNING COAL CONSENSUS CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS CONSULTATIVE COUNCILS COUNCIL OF MINISTERS COUNCILS DECISION-MAKING DEMOCRACY ECOLOGY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FISCAL FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN TRADE FOREST MANAGEMENT GDP GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS IMPORTS INDUSTRIALIZATION INFLATION INSOLVENCY INSOLVENCY SYSTEMS INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE JUDICIARY LAWS LIBERATION MARKET ECONOMY MIGRATION NATIONAL INCOME NATIONS NATURAL RESOURCE BASE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL PARTY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH PRIVATIZATION AGENCY PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC UTILITIES REFUGEES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES RESOURCE ALLOCATION SAVINGS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL REFORMS SOCIAL SECTORS SOVEREIGNTY TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX COLLECTION TAX SYSTEM TAXATION TRADE BALANCE UNEMPLOYMENT WASTE WATER PRICING
Zusammenfassung:	The report discusses the principal economic, and social reform policy tasks, Kosovo is facing, following the decade-long losses due to civic exclusion of a major part of its ethnic population, the absence of investments, and the neglect of physical, and human capital, a period which culminated in the 1999 conflict. It intends to inform on the framework of the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo, i.e., the consolidation of peace, by fostering social reconciliation, towards achieving sustainable economic growth in the province. The key challenges to the political economy address: 1) the formulation of a sustainable budget, increasingly financed through local taxation, hence, with reduced reliance on external donor support. Fiscal institutions need to be developed to ensure efficient public spending; 2) the establishment of trade liberalization, and a customs regime, to increase the potential for growth, and exports, allowing as well to benefit from the arrangements fostered by the Stability Pact, and the European Union; 3) the use of hard currency for internal transactions, and savings, and, the development of a strategy for banking sector development; and, 4) the creation of a reformed framework to encourage growth, by stimulating private enterprise development. Moreover, three aspects of social policy call for: an education policy at par with competitor countries; health policy that strengthens health care delivery, and addresses the effects of recent social traumas; and, social protection regarding a highly vulnerable population.