World Bank2012-06-112012-06-112007-10-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7618Poverty in Kosovo is widespread and has remained persistent in the first half of this decade. The evidence suggests that poverty is higher among those who live in families that are large, have many unemployed members, and have low education levels. The poor are also geographically concentrated in rural areas and a few regions. The main message of this report is that the slow and volatile growth was doubly disadvantageous. The first disadvantage was that it did not enable a significant fraction of the population to earn their way out of poverty. The second disadvantage was that by constraining the government's revenue base, it made it difficult for many families to receive adequate public protection against shocks. Therefore, to improve welfare in the future, the report recommends a focus on generating high and sustainable growth by improving urban services and infrastructure and addressing inequities in the access to secondary and higher education for the poorest population transitioning out of over-reliance on migration, and improving the targeting and expansion of the social assistance program if the revenue base of the government improves over time.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYABSOLUTE POVERTY LINEAGGREGATE POVERTYCAPACITY BUILDINGCHANGE IN POPULATIONCHANGES IN POVERTYCONFLICTCONSUMPTION AGGREGATECONSUMPTION BUNDLECONSUMPTION DATACONSUMPTION DEFINITIONCONSUMPTION LEVELCONSUMPTION MODULESCONSUMPTION PATTERNCONSUMPTION PATTERNSDECLINE IN POVERTYDROP IN POVERTYECONOMIC REVIEWETHNIC GROUPETHNIC GROUPSEXPENDITURE DATAEXTREME POVERTYFARMERSFINAL POVERTYFINAL POVERTY LINEFOOD BASKETFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITUREFOOD EXPENDITUREFOOD EXPENDITURESFOOD ITEMFOOD ITEMSFOOD POVERTYFOOD POVERTY LINEFOOD SHAREFOOD SPENDINGHEALTH EXPENDITURESHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICSHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURESHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHOUSINGIMPACT ON POVERTYINCOMEINEQUALITYINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONLABOR FORCELIMITED RESOURCESLIVING STANDARDSLIVING STANDARDS SURVEYMEATMIGRATIONMORTALITYNATIONAL LEVELNON-FOOD CONSUMPTIONNON-FOOD ITEMSNONFOOD EXPENDITURESPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPOLICY GUIDANCEPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOORPOPULATION CENSUSPOPULATION DECREASESPOPULATION DISTRIBUTIONPOPULATION ESTIMATESPOPULATION GROUPSPOPULATION SIZEPOPULATION STATISTICSPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY ASSESSMENTSPOVERTY COMPARISONSPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY INDEXESPOVERTY INDICESPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY MONITORINGPOVERTY OUTCOMESPOVERTY POVERTYPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRICE INFORMATIONREMITTANCESRESOURCE CONSTRAINTSRURALRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY RATESSENSITIVITY ANALYSISSEXSMALL SCALE FARMERSSOCIAL ASSISTANCESTATE UNIVERSITYSTOCHASTIC DOMINANCETECHNICAL ASSISTANCETRANSPORTATIONURBAN AREASURBAN HOUSEHOLDSURBAN POPULATIONWATER TAPSWELFARE FUNCTIONWELFARE INDICATORWELFARE MEASUREWELFARE MEASURESWorld Bank10.1596/7618