World Bank2012-06-112012-06-112007-10-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7617Poverty 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 POVERTYACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO SERVICESADMINISTRATIVE COSTSAGGREGATE POVERTYAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL POPULATIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL YIELDSANNUAL GROWTHANNUAL GROWTH RATEASSET HOLDINGSBASIC NEEDSCAPACITY BUILDINGCHANGES IN POVERTYCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECONFLICTCONSUMPTION AGGREGATECONSUMPTION GROWTHCROP LANDCROP PRODUCTIONCUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTIONDATA QUALITYDATA SETSDEPENDENCY RATIODEPENDENCY RATIOSDETERMINANTS OF POVERTYDEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYDIMENSIONS OF POVERTYECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC STAGNATIONEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELDERLYELDERLY HOUSEHOLDSEMPLOYMENT GENERATIONETHNIC GROUPEXPORT MARKETSEXPOSURE TO HEALTH RISKSEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME POVERTY LINEFAMILY MEMBERSFARM SIZEFARMERSFEMALE WORKERSFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFISCAL CONSTRAINTSFODDERFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD EXPENDITURESFOOD IMPORTSFOOD ITEMSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTGINI INDEXGROWTH ELASTICITYGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHEADCOUNT POVERTYHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH SERVICESHIGH GROWTHHIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTYHOST COUNTRIESHOST COUNTRYHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD HEADSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTSIMMUNIZATIONSIMPACT OF MIGRATIONIMPACT ON POVERTYIMPROVING INFRASTRUCTUREINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME LEVELSINCOME POVERTYINEQUALITYINEQUITIESINTERNAL MIGRANTSINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINVESTMENT CLIMATELABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLAND TENURELARGE FAMILIESLEVELS OF CONSUMPTIONLIVESTOCK OWNERSHIPLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSLOW INEQUALITYMACROECONOMIC CONDITIONSMEAN GROWTHMEDIUM TERMMIGRANTMIGRATIONMIGRATION FLOWMIGRATION FLOWSMINORITYNATIONAL ACCOUNTSNON-INCOME DIMENSIONSNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL NEEDSPEACEPENSIONSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA GROWTHPOORPOOR GROWTHPOOR HOUSEHOLDPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR INFRASTRUCTUREPOOR PEOPLEPOPULATION DISTRIBUTIONPOPULATION GROUPSPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION SIZEPOPULATION STATISTICSPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY ASSESSMENTSPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY HEADCOUNT RATEPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY OUTCOMESPOVERTY POVERTYPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY RISKPOVERTY SEVERITYPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIVATE TRANSFERSPROGRESSPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SUPPORTQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF SERVICESRECIPIENT COUNTRIESREDUCING POVERTYREDUCTION IN POVERTYRELIANCE ON MIGRATIONREMITTANCEREMITTANCESRURALRURAL ACCESSRURAL AREARURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL DISTRICTRURAL FAMILIESRURAL GIRLSRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL INEQUALITYRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POPULATIONSRURAL POVERTYRURAL RESIDENTSRURAL UNEMPLOYMENTRURAL WELFARESAFETY NETSANITATIONSCHOOLINGSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY ENROLLMENTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT RATESSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLSSMALLER HOUSEHOLDSSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL COHESIONSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL WELFARESUBSISTENCESUSTAINABLE GROWTHTARGETINGTERTIARY EDUCATIONTOTAL POVERTYTRADITIONAL VALUESUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNIVERSAL ACCESSURBAN AREASURBAN INFRASTRUCTUREURBAN MIGRATIONURBAN POPULATIONURBAN POPULATIONSURBAN POVERTYVEGETABLESVULNERABILITYWAGE EARNERSWARWATER TAPSWELFARE BENEFITSWELFARE MEASUREWIDESPREAD POVERTYWORK FORCEYOUNG PEOPLEWorld Bank10.1596/7617