Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in Kosovo rely on increasing … employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Kosovo is not capitalizing on its …

This report provides new empirical insights into skill levels in Kosovo, based on two recent surveys. The Skills …

The Social Assistance Scheme (SAS) is the main social assistance program in Kosovo and the sole program targeted at … poverty reduction in Kosovo and, importantly, the only program in which household income and assets are used to identify … rate would have been 1.5 percentage points higher. Yet, the importance of SAS in Kosovo's social protection system has …

Kosovo is one of the poorest countries in Europe, and a growing proportion of the population is at risk for social … contributory pension records to pay pensions, a universal basic pension was introduced in Kosovo.To contain the expansion of … employment promotion and active labor market programs are limited and insufficient to meet Kosovo's labor market challenges …

require updates. Not surprisingly, countries such as Kosovo, are suffering from severe urban air pollution and traffic … fleets. These substantially harm public health, productivity and efficiency in urban mobility. Kosovo is implementing the EU … Western Balkan countries including Kosovo with potential accession as members of the EU after 2025. This is relevant for …

Many cities in Kosovo suffer from poor air quality, with ambient concentrations of particulate matter with a diameter … burning solid fuels. Such levels of air pollution are unsafe for Kosovo's population of 1.9 million and cause significant … deleterious health impacts. This report is one in a series of three reports on air quality management (AQM) in Kosovo, Bosnia and …

At the request of the Government of Kosovo (GoK), a World Bank (WB) mission visited Kosovo during September 26 to … DeMPA assessment was conducted in 2012. Kosovo also benefitted from a Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy mission in … agency of Ministry of Finance (MoF), as the main counter party. Meetings were also held with the Central Bank of Kosovo (CBK …

Early childhood development (ECD) has become a high priority for the government of Kosovo in the last decade. Kosovo …

includes the assessment of the EP and R capacities of Kosovo based on the R2R diagnostic methodology, as designed by the World …