Kosovo : Poverty Assessment, Promoting Opportunity, Security, and Participation for All

Despite considerable progress with reconstruction in Kosovo, the challenge of poverty reduction remains enormous for years to come. The recent growth performance has been driven by a post-conflict boom financed by official development aid flows, but has not led to significant job creation opportunit...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADOLESCENCE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AIR AIR POLLUTION ANTENATAL CARE AVAILABLE DATA AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH BROAD CONSENSUS CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL SOCIETY CONSUMPTION INEQUALITY CONSUMPTION MODULES CORRUPTION CRIME DATA COLLECTION DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPMENT AID DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISPOSABLE INCOME DONOR ASSISTANCE DONOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DATA ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS GIRLS GROWTH PATH GROWTH PERFORMANCE HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HOUSING CONDITIONS HUMAN CAPITAL ILLITERACY IMPORTS INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT LOCAL ELECTIONS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MATERIAL WELL-BEING MENTAL HEALTH MINES NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICY NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRITION OLDER PEOPLE PENSION SYSTEM PERSONAL SAFETY POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY DIRECTIONS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY MAKERS POLICY OPTIONS POLITICAL RIGHTS POLLUTERS POLLUTION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY GAP POVERTY INDEX POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY PROJECTIONS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY STATUS PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRODUCERS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC USE QUALITATIVE DATA QUALITATIVE POVERTY QUANTITATIVE POVERTY REFUGEES RURAL AREAS SAFETY SAFETY NET SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE SECTOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS STATISTICAL OFFICE STATISTICS OFFICE STIS TASK TEAM LEADER TRANSPARENCY UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VIOLENCE VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGES WORKERS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6060519/kosovo-poverty-assessment-promoting-opportunity-security-participation-all-kosovo-poverty-assessment-promoting-opportunity-security-participation-all http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8650

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Summary:	Despite considerable progress with reconstruction in Kosovo, the challenge of poverty reduction remains enormous for years to come. The recent growth performance has been driven by a post-conflict boom financed by official development aid flows, but has not led to significant job creation opportunities, and its sustainability is unlikely without a clarification of Kosovo's political status, and the maintenance of peace and security. While recent growth (and consumption inequality) have most likely led to a reduction in poverty (between 2000 and 2003), yet, some 37 percent of the population is estimated to live in poverty according to the 2002/03 Household Budget Survey (HBS) data. The report seeks to contribute to the on-going policy dialogue on poverty reduction in Kosovo, and to support the formulation of public policy. The report outlines the many dimensions of poverty in Kosovo, where income poverty appears widespread, and is found to affect disproportionately children, the elderly, female headed households, the disabled, non-Serb ethnic minorities, the unemployed, and precarious job holders. Unemployment is in direct correlation with income poverty, but, while educational and health outcomes are still low, social cohesion is fragile, which may undermine the sustainability of economic growth, and reduce the impact of growth on poverty reduction. This strategy is articulated around the following five main goals: 1) promoting income opportunities; 2) raising education and health capabilities; 3) reducing vulnerability to income and non-income poverty; 4) empowering disadvantaged groups; and, 5) promoting a poverty dialogue. However, this strategy would need to take into account the context of tight fiscal constraints, in which public programs need to be developed. Moreover, to maximize the impact on poverty reduction, the links between growth and job creation need to be enhanced. This would require improved investment climate, and trade arrangements, in addition to advisory services provision to small farmers, in light of the intense competition they are facing due to subsidized agricultural imports.

Kosovo : Poverty Assessment, Promoting Opportunity, Security, and Participation for All

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