KOSOVO: A Strategy for Economic Development (ICG Balkans Report No. 123)
KOSOVO: A Strategy for Economic Development (ICG Balkans Report No. 123)

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): National Economy, Economic policy, International relations/trade
Published by: ICG International Crisis Group
Summary/Abstract: Kosovo cannot have a stable future without sustainable economic development. This report considers the task of promoting such development. After surveying the present state of the economy, it assesses the international efforts so far to lay the groundwork for future prosperity. It also considers the prospects for the former socially owned sector, including plans for privatisation and prospects for restructuring and investment. These economic issues have a directly political dimension, one that affects all aspects of structural and institutional development in Kosovo. Potential investors have been deterred by the fact that they do not know which jurisdiction will finally apply. They need to have confidence that a future change in political status would not put their investment in question or fundamentally alter the environment where they would be doing business. Controversies over ownership have a similar deterrent effect.

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