Migration and Economic Development in Kosovo

Kosovo has one of the largest international migration flows in the world. Much emigration has been for economic reasons and to escape armed conflict in the late 1990s; resolution of the conflict does not appear to have offered migrants enough incen...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Country Economic Memorandum
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABUSE ACCOUNTING ARMED CONFLICT ATM BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANK ACCOUNTS BANK BRANCH BANK BRANCHES BANK PROFITS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SERVICES BANKING SYSTEM BANKS BARRIERS TO INFORMATION BEST PRACTICE BRAIN DRAIN CAPACITY BUILDING CHILD CARE CITIZENS CONSUMER CONSUMER GOODS CONTRIBUTION COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION COUNTRY OF DESTINATION COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CREDIT CARDS CREDIT UNIONS CURRENCY CURRICULUM DEBIT CARDS DEPOSIT DEPOSITS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT PLANS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISABILITY DISSEMINATION DIVERSIFICATION DURABLE GOOD DURABLE GOODS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMIGRATION POLICIES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EXCHANGE RATE EXTERNAL FINANCING FAMILY MEMBER FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY REUNIFICATION FINANCIAL EDUCATION FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL LITERACY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL PRACTICES FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FORMAL EDUCATION GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH PROBLEMS HOME COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMPACT OF MIGRATION IMPORTANT POLICY INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INFORMATION ON INVESTMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMED DECISION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INVESTING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IRREGULAR MIGRATION JOB-SEEKERS LABOR CODE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR UNIONS LABOUR MARKETS LAWS LEGAL MIGRANTS LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATION LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOAN LOCAL BANKS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MICROFINANCE MIGRANT MIGRANT POPULATIONS MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION DATA MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION POLICIES MIGRATION POLICY MIGRATION PROCESS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MONTHLY INCOME MORTGAGE LOANS MUTUAL FUND NATIONAL BANK NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL STRATEGY NATIONALS NATURAL DISASTERS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF WORKERS NURSE NURSES OUTREACH ACTIVITIES PENSION PENSIONS PERMANENT RESIDENCE POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL SUPPORT POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PROTECTION OF MIGRANTS PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SERVICE PURCHASES RADIO RADIO PROGRAM RECESSION REFUGEES REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REPATRIATION RESIDENCE STATUS RETURN MIGRATION RETURN OF MIGRANTS RETURNEES RURAL AREAS SALARY SALE SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SELF-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS SKILL DEVELOPMENT SKILL LEVEL SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED WORKERS SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESSES SMALL ENTREPRENEURS SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPILLOVER SUBSIDIARY TEACHING MATERIALS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL SKILLS TRAINING CENTERS TRAINING PROGRAM TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSACTION FEES TRANSPORT UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNIONS UPWARD MOBILITY URBAN AREAS VALUABLE VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE WAGES WAR WITHDRAWAL WOMEN MIGRANTS WORK FORCE WORKING AGE WORKING AGE POPULATION WORKING POPULATION YOUNG PEOPLE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/05/16409158/kosovo-migration-economic-development-kosovo http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12868