Kosovo - Public Expenditure Review

During most of the 2000s, Kosovo has pursued a highly conservative fiscal policy, restraining expenditures as revenues continued to climb. The Government has now shifted toward an expansionary expenditure policy. In the short term, the Government intends to finance the resulting budget deficits from accumulated savings and borrowing, as well as through the sale of assets and donor budget support. Neither solution is sustainable. In principle, there is room to increase revenues Kosovo's tax burden is low by regional standards. But the weakness of domestic tax instruments makes this difficult. Restraint on the expenditure side will be required. Given the well-documented shortcomings of public services in Kosovo, this will require an improvement in the quality of public expenditure an improvement in the efficiency of public service delivery rather than a reduction in the quantity or quality of services. This report looks for such opportunities in the major programs of Government expenditure. Overall, Kosovo is in a position to maintain a sustainable fiscal stance while continuing to improve the quality of public services. The public sector is small, relative to gross domestic product (GDP), and does not bear a crushing burden of long term obligations to pensioners, to veterans, to creditors that threaten the finances of neighboring countries.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2010-06-03
Subjects:	ACADEMIC YEAR, ACADEMIC YEARS, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION, ACCREDITATION, ADVANCED DEGREES, AGE COHORT, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, AVERAGE CLASS SIZE, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC EDUCATION LEVEL, BASIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, BASIC SCHOOLS, BASIS OF ENROLLMENT, BIRTH RATE, BIRTH RATES, BUDGET FOR EDUCATION, CAMPAIGNS, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, CARE CENTERS, CAREER, CAREER DEVELOPMENT, CAREER LADDER, CHILDREN, CLASS SIZES, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOM TEACHING, CLASSROOMS, CLINICS, COLLEGES, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMPULSORY EDUCATION, COSTS OF EDUCATION, CURRICULUM, DEBT SERVICE, DECISION MAKING, DIABETES, DONOR SUPPORT, DROPOUT RATE, DROPOUT RATES, EDUCATION BUDGET, EDUCATION OFFICIALS, EDUCATION PROJECTS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SPENDING, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, ENROLLMENT CAPACITIES, ENROLLMENT DATA, ENROLLMENT FIGURES, ENROLLMENT LEVELS, ENROLLMENT RATE, ENROLLMENT RATES, ETHNIC MINORITIES, EVALUATION OF EDUCATION, EXPENDITURES, FACULTY, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, FAMILIES, FEE WAIVERS, FINANCIAL AUDITS, FOOD PREPARATION, FORMULA FUNDING, GENERAL EDUCATION, GIRLS, GRADE LEVELS, GRADE TEACHING, GRANTS, GROSS ENROLLMENT, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE, GROUPS, GROWTH IN ENROLLMENT, HEALTH, HEALTH FOR ALL, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH MANAGEMENT, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH SERVICES, HIGH PUPIL TEACHER RATIOS, HIGH SCHOOL, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLLMENT, HOSPITAL ADMISSION, HOSPITALS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMMUNIZATION, IMPLEMENTATION, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INSTITUTES, INSTRUCTION, INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INVESTMENT, KNOWLEDGE, LABOR FORCE, LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION, LEADERSHIP, LECTURERS, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL, MEASLES, MEDICAL TREATMENT, MEDICINES, MIGRATION, MINISTRIES, MINISTRIES OF FINANCE, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS, NET ENROLLMENT, NET ENROLLMENT RATE, NEWSPAPERS, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, NUMBER OF TEACHERS, NURSES, NUTRITION, OUTPATIENT CARE, PARTICIPATION, PATIENT, PATIENTS, PHYSICIANS, POLLUTION, PREPRIMARY EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL EDUCATION, PREVENTION, PRIMARY ENROLLMENT, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY LEVEL, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE, PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE POPULATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, PRIVATE EDUCATION, PRIVATE EDUCATION SECTOR, PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, PRIVATE SECTOR PROVIDERS, PRIVATE TERTIARY EDUCATION, PRIVATE TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS, PROFESSORS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUBLIC UNIVERSITY, PUPIL SPENDING, PUPIL TEACHER RATIO, PUPIL TEACHER RATIOS, PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO, PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS, RISKS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL CHILDREN, RURAL SCHOOLS, RURAL STUDENTS, SALARY INCREASES, SATELLITE SCHOOLS, SCHOOL, SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN, SCHOOL AUTONOMY, SCHOOL BUILDINGS, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, SCHOOL DATA, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL NETWORK, SCHOOL READINESS, SCHOOL STUDENTS, SCHOOL TEACHING, SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOL YEARS, SCIENCE, SECOND LANGUAGE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SICK LEAVE, SKILLED LABOR, SKILLED WORKERS, SKILLS, SMALL SCHOOLS, SMOKING, SOCIAL WELFARE, STRATEGY, STUDENT, STUDENT BODY, STUDENT DATA, STUDENT DEMAND, STUDENT DROPOUT, STUDENT POPULATION, STUDENTS, TEACHER, TEACHER SALARIES, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING ASSISTANTS, TEACHING FORCE, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY EDUCATION SECTOR, TRAINING, TUITION, TUITION FEES, TUITION SUBSIDIES, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY COSTS, UNIVERSITY DEGREE, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY GRADUATES, UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, UNIVERSITY STAFF, URBAN SCHOOLS, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, WASTE, WORKERS, WORKPLACE,
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