PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro, Sept 27 (AFP) -
Poverty remains widespread in Kosovo more than six years after fighting with Serb forces here ended, the World Bank said Tuesday.
Around 15 percent of Kosovo's population lived in "extreme poverty", surviving on less than 93 euro cents (1.12 dollars) a day, while another 37 percent got by with under 1.42 euros (1.70 dollars), the bank said in a report.
"Kosovo faces an important policy challenge in the coming years," said Kanthan Shankar, the World Bank's representative in the province.
"This requires a strong commitment by government policymakers and their international partners to work together and implement policy programs that sustain and accelerate broad-based growth and thereby contribute to poverty reduction," Shankar said.
The World Bank said Kosovo's worst-hit groups were the elderly, disabled, unemployed and households led by women.
The province has been under UN administration since June 1999, when NATO bombing ended a Serbian crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists who fought against the regime of then-Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic.
The initial economic priorities of the UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) were to re-establish the provision of basic goods and services, set up a minimal welfare net and rehabilitate utilities.
Since the end of the conflict, a series of small commercial activities flourished in Kosovo, but that level of growth has proved to be difficult to sustain.
While improving, Kosovo's agricultural sector has failed to reach pre-war levels and remains fragile. Things are even worse for the province's industrial sector which needs to be rebuilt and remains at a standstill.
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Kosovo is a backward filth pit of corruption and vengeance. Nothing will flourish there. The Yugoslavs poured most of their development money into that place for decades and look what it got them. The same thing it has gotten the international community in the past 6 years. More filth, more hatred, more poverty and the albanians wanting more 'investment'. Enough already. Let Albanian invest in Albanians.
Jugoslavia sucked up all the mineral wealth from Kosova's mine and invested that wealth in Serbia.
the only thing that has flourished in kosovo is hatred and vengeance. nothing good will come from that place. we were wrong to intervene on behalf of a people who still practice blood feuds.
Kosovoreceived the bulk of the Yugoslav development funds for decades and what became of it? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Billions have been poured into Kosovo in the last 6 years and what has it brought? A backward cesspool of poverty, hatred and vengeance. Much like Albania proper.
Billions of dollars are spent in Serbia and what has become of it. War criminals roaming free ,protected by the government and the Serbian church, through the streets of government. If you have a coffe in a Serb caffe the guy who killed more children pays cuz he gets a lot of money form the military pension.
* The Streets of Belgrade.
oh sh*t, PACMAN is back with his predictations stright out of mid-level UNMIK inside sources.
That's right, albanians, don't take responsibility for your actions...blame someone else. That will prove to the world you are ready to run your own country....just like your ancestral land...albanian proper. Geesh. Hopeless.
My dear albanians, shitars or whatever you like to be known as ...
Kosovo & Metohija is Part of Serbia.
Stop living in a fantasy world and learn to accept that the civilised world will never allow a lawless albanian state to spread across Europe like a disease. Look at what your extremists are doing to innocent people. Next you'll want to take over Macedonia as well. The world isn't stupid - they can see your evil ways.
A YugoSLUT has spoken. Smart comment I better take my pen and write it down. What did u say again so I can write it down.
What a $hithead.
is sad when albanians or shi(p)tars have to resort to swearing. It shows their frustration. Live in fear albo's - live in fear.
Read who started swearing first. Its the Serb before the Albo dude but of course that was able to escape from your diligent eyes.
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