Policy Options for Economic Growth and Competitiveness of Kosovo (Record no. 8516)
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| control field | pwiiw3584 |
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| Transcribing agency | OSt |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
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| Classification number | F43 |
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| Number source | jelc |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Holzner, Mario |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Policy Options for Economic Growth and Competitiveness of Kosovo |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Wien : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw), |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 12 S., |
| Other physical details | 11 Figures, |
| Dimensions | 30cm. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | wiiw Policy Notes and Reports |
| Volume/sequential designation | 15 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Summary<br/><br/><br/> Kosovo growth dynamics are encouraging but the level of economic activity is very low. Mass unemployment hints at macro-imbalances. Net transfers from migrants are pivotal for covering the huge trade balance deficit, as manufacturing exports are almost non-existent.<br/> Wages are low but increasing well ahead of productivity. The lack of an exchange rate policy is a substantial impediment. Transport infrastructure is of average, weak Balkan quality and the energy infrastructure is dismal, even for Balkan standards.<br/> The good news is that fiscal space is abundant and overall external indebtedness low as well.<br/> Apart from various institutional reforms, conventional policy recommendations comprise mostly supply-side measures that are effective in the medium to long run. These are similar to some of the following actions suggested.<br/> Export capacities should be increased via FDI support and the solution of the Trepca mine status. An improvement in market access to neighbouring countries and the EU is of utmost importance. Modern cross-border transport (especially rail) and energy infrastructure should be upgraded.<br/> The planned new coal-fired electricity plant and the refurbishment of the old blocks together with a powerful air pollution filter system are of crucial importance. Energy diversification via the redevelopment of the gas network and the improvement of power lines is another goal.<br/> Secondary education, specifically vocational training including an apprenticeship system, should be developed.<br/> A set of un-conventional policy recommendations for the short to medium run has the potential to more quickly increase aggregate demand and improve social conditions.<br/> Circular migration flows and return-migration should be facilitated and incentive schemes for remittances to go into business activities should be developed.<br/> Given the present current account constrained growth model of Kosovo, tax increases should target those with the highest income elasticity of demand for imports and government expenditures should involve as few imports as possible.<br/> Tax progressivity could be expanded in the corporate and personal income and real estate taxes. Additional luxury taxes on high-end import goods should be applied.<br/> A nationwide municipality housing project would solve the housing shortage and employ low-skilled with a comparatively low income elasticity of demand for imports. Moreover, local building materials such as cement and bricks could be used.<br/> Area-wide public transport should also have the goal to offer jobs to the less skilled as well as to substitute widespread individual car imports.<br/> A network of vocational training centres, health care centres, cultural and sports facilities could support local production as well as human capital and job creation.<br/> A comprehensive incomes policy with a centralised wage bargaining system needs to keep the average wage level on a longer-term productivity (cum inflation) growth path.<br/><br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | economic growth |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | competitiveness |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | industrialisation |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | infrastructure |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | economic policy |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Kosovo |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Kosovo |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Labour, Migration and Income Distribution |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Volume/sequential designation | 15 |
| Bibliographic record control number | WIIW0000092 |
| Title of a work | wiiw Policy Notes and Reports |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://wiiw.ac.at/p-3584.html">https://wiiw.ac.at/p-3584.html</a> |
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| Koha item type | Paper |
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| WIIW | WIIW | Library | 05/15/2015 | pwiiw3584 | /15 | 1000010003584 | 05/15/2015 | 07/19/2018 | Paper |