Kosovo : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2

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, AVERAGE CONSUMPTION, BENEFIT INCIDENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, CENSUS DATA, CHRONIC POVERTY, CONFLICT, CONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTION, CONSUMPTION POVERTY, CURRENCY UNIT, DEMOGRAPHICS, DIRECT IMPACT, DURABLE GOODS, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, ECONOMIC COOPERATION, ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EMPLOYMENT, EQUIVALENT CONSUMPTION, ETHNIC DIVERSITY, ETHNIC GROUP, ETHNIC GROUPS, ETHNIC MINORITIES, EXCHANGE RATE, EXCHANGE RATES, EXTREME POVERTY, FOOD BASKET, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD EXPENDITURES, FOOD POVERTY LINE, HEADCOUNT RATIO, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE PROVISION, HEALTH CARE SECTOR, HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION, HEALTH EXPENDITURES, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH STATUS, HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, INCOME GENERATION, INCREASED ACCESS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LIVING CONDITIONS, LIVING STANDARD, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL OFFICIALS, NATIONAL LEVEL, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, POLICY OPTIONS, POOR, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY INCREASE, POVERTY INDICATORS, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY RISKS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIVATE TRANSFERS, PRODUCTIVE ASSETS, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC AGENCIES, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC GOODS, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC TRANSFERS, RELATIVE POVERTY, RELATIVE RISK, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RURAL AREAS, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL WELFARE, TARGETING, TARGETING EFFICIENCY, TASK TEAM LEADER, TRANSIENT POVERTY, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN POPULATION, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WAGES, WAR POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, POLICY DIALOGUES, POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS, SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY, ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES, POVERTY INCIDENCE, WELFARE-TO-WORK TRANSITION, CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION DELIVERY, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS, ETHNICITY, INCOME SHORTFALL, POVERTY LINE, FOOD SECURITY, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, FOOD AID, DONOR PARTICIPATION, CASH SOCIAL TRANSFERS, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, INEQUITY, GENDER DISCREPANCIES, HEALTH INDICATORS, MONITORING CRITERIA,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1675504/kosovo-poverty-assessment-vol-2-2-annex https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15440
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