Executive Summary
This assessment examines how conflict and displacement in Kosovo over the last decade have affected its social relations and institutions. It covers a broad and complex set of issues that, taken together, form an overview of Kosovar society as it has adapted to economic and political changes brought about by: (a) the disintegration of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY); (b) the enforcement period, when the majority Albanian population was excluded from public life; (c) ethnically motivated violence and displacement; and, more recently, (d) the return of the Albanian refugees and establishment of an international administration. During the most recent phase, intra- and inter-ethnic violence has continued, with the remaining Kosovar Serb and other minority populations suffering from varying degrees of social exclusion.
Given the rapid engagement of the World Bank and other international actors in the province, a comprehensive social assessment of this type was not possible prior to the design of emergency projects and programs. It is our hope, however, that future reconstruction and development program and policy decisions will benefit from this study, which is one of a series of studies of local-level institutions being carried out by the World Bank to guide implementation of its Regional Strategy for South Eastern Europe.
English version:
Conflict and Change in Kosovo: Impact on Institutions and Society (pdf, 542 kb)
Methodology (pdf, 72.5 kb)
Bibliography (pdf, 43.2 kb)
Serbian and Albanian versions:
Kosovo in Serbian (pdf, 601 kb)
Kosovo in Albanian (pdf, 524 kb)
Kosovo Albania Annex (pdf, 1.36 mb)
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