Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Overview -- Recent Economic Trends and Policies -- Policy Priorities for the Near Term -- Concluding Observations -- Political and Institutional Developments Since the End of the Conflict -- Appendix I. The Joint Interim Administrative Structure (JIAS)...

This report builds on two previous similar reports from 2001 and 2002-Kosovo: Macroeconomic Issues and Fiscal Sustainability (2001) and Kosovo: Institutions and Policies for Reconstruction and Growth (2002). It is based on work performed during four IMF staff visits spanning a 15-month period...

Kosovo was placed under temporary UN administration in 1999, and a final political settlement remains pending. Since that time, however, the province has developed the instruments and institutions necessary to formulate and implement an independent economic policy. This paper provides an...