KOSOVO, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (Serbia and Montenegro)(Kosovo)
Economic and Social Reforms for
Peace and Reconciliation
Prepared by the World Bank
February 1,
2001
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VOLUME I
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
and INTRODUCTION
( 7
pages, pdf, 26 KB)
CHAPTER 1: ECONOMIC BACKGROUND
(4
pages, pdf, 20 KB)
CHAPTER 2: KEY CHALLENGES: THE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
( 6
pages, pdf, 35 KB)
a. The shape of the eventual
political settlement
b. Local participation in policies and decisions
c. The nostalgia for 1989
d. Institutions
CHAPTER 3: POLICY PRIORITIES AND
UNMIK RESPONSE
( 32
pages, pdf, 145 KB)
a. Budget and fiscal structures
b. Trade regime and customs administration
c. Currency and banking system
d. Conditions for private market growth
e. Education
f. Health
g. Social protection
h. Summary of recommended short-term actions (to mid-2001)
i. Summary of recommended medium-term actions
VOLUME II
CHAPTER 1: BUDGET AND FISCAL
STRUCTURES
(15
pages, pdf, 77 KB)
a. Fiscal developments
b. Budgetary systems
c. Challenges to fiscal performance
d. Fiscal devolution
CHAPTER 2: EXTERNAL TRADE AND CUSTOMS
(1 2
pages, pdf, 61 KB)
a. Introduction
b. Structural features of the trade regime
c. Policy aspects of the trade regime: coverage and taxation
d. Implications of the trade regime for nascent exports
e. Implementation
f. Recommendations
CHAPTER 3: THE BANKING SECTOR
( 21
pages, pdf, 96 KB)
a. Background
b. A strategy for banking sector development
c. Next steps to restore financial intermediation: institutional and
market development
d. Medium-term challenges despite near-term progress
e. Reform of the payments system
CHAPTER 4: STIMULATING PRIVATE
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
(16
pages, pdf,
70 KB)
a. Background
b. Facilitating private sector development
c. Converting public enterprises to private ownership
CHAPTER 5: EDUCATION
(16
pages, pdf, 6 9 KB)
a. Introduction
b. Key sector priorities
c. Budget analysis 2000
CHAPTER 6: HEALTH
(1 3
pages, pdf, 58 KB)
a. Background
b. The pre-conflict situation
c. Current situation
d. Key policy issues
e. Recommended short-term actions (to end-2000)
f. Recommended medium-term actions
CHAPTER 7: SOCIAL PROTECTION
(1 4
pages, pdf, 63 KB)
a. Introduction
b. Key policy issues
c. Summary of recommended short-term actions (to mid-2001)
d. Summary of recommended medium-term actions
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