Kosovo : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Main Report

As Kosovo goes beyond the emergency relief phase, taking into consideration the situation of those that the conflict has left behind is vital to the effectiveness of any strategy for economic development. The study is designed to inform the current policy debate in the area of poverty alleviation, and social service delivery, and to include these in the Joint Interim Administrative Structure (JIAS), the World Bank, and other donors perspectives. Within the definition of poverty as a multidimensional force that extends beyond low levels of income, the report covers a wide range of issues, including consumption, income, education, health, and social protection. It is predominantly based on data from the Living Standard Measurement Survey, statistically representative of both the Albanian, and Serb population, though not of other ethnic groups. The study comprises two volumes, the first one reviews background information, and data to examine the extent of poverty in Kosovo, the role of food aid, and identifies the correlates of extreme poverty. Poverty is analyzed versus income sources, and social assistance, and against inequality in educational attainments, and access to health care, to lay the foundation for building a strategy for poverty alleviation. Based on the profile of poverty in Kosovo, the second volume discusses the consumption poverty profile, and factors affecting the risk of extreme poverty, to challenge building an effective social protection strategy. Conclusions indicate that to avoid an increase in poverty, economic growth should increase the share of income derived from wages, and the JIAS must increase assistance to households not able to participate in the economy.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2001-12-20
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY, AGED, AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT, AVAILABLE DATA, CONFLICT, CONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTION, CURRENCY UNIT, DEPENDENCY RATIO, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, ECONOMIC COOPERATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION LEVEL, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EQUIVALENT CONSUMPTION, ETHNIC GROUP, ETHNIC GROUPS, EXCHANGE RATE, EXTREME POVERTY, FAMILIES, FAMILY ASSISTANCE, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FOOD BASKET, FOOD POVERTY LINE, GIRLS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE FINANCING, HEALTH CARE PROVISION, HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH SERVICE, HEALTH STATUS, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, ILLITERACY, IMMUNIZATION, INCOME COUNTRIES, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INEQUALITY, INFANT MORTALITY, INTERVENTION, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LIVING CONDITIONS, LIVING STANDARD, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MANAGERS, MARKET ECONOMY, MEANS TESTS, MIGRATION, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POOR, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY HEADCOUNT, POVERTY INDICATORS, POVERTY INTERVENTIONS, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY RISK, POVERTY STATUS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIVATE SECTOR, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC TRANSFERS, PUBLIC WORKS, PURCHASING POWER PARITY, RELATIVE IMPORTANCE, RURAL AREAS, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL RESIDENCE, SAFETY, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOLS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL WELFARE, STATISTICAL OFFICE, STRUCTURAL REFORMS, TARGETING, TASK TEAM LEADER, TRANSFER PROGRAMS, URBAN AREAS, URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, VULNERABLE GROUPS POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, POLICY DIALOGUES, POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS, SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY, ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES, POVERTY INCIDENCE, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WELFARE-TO-WORK TRANSITION, CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA, EDUCATION DELIVERY, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, ETHNICITY, INCOME SHORTFALL, POVERTY LINE, FOOD SECURITY, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, POVERTY PROFILE, FOOD AID, DONOR PARTICIPATION, CASH SOCIAL TRANSFERS, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, INEQUITY, GENDER DISCREPANCIES, MONITORING CRITERIA,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1675503/kosovo-poverty-assessment-vol-1-2-main-report https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15439
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