Complaint > Kosovo Power Project (Proposed)

Filing: 78-Request for Inspection (English)

...child mortality, immunization rates and tuberculosis incidence—Kosovo ranks far below neighboring countries, often by a factor of two. Infant and child mortality rates, which are twice as high as in neighboring countries, result from readily preventable problems—perinatal conditions, respiratory diseases and diarrhea. [18] According to 2007 UNDP data, Kosovo had the highest child and infant mortality rates and the lowest life expectancy (69 years) in South East Europe. Environmental problems suc...

Complaint > Kosovo Power Project (Proposed)

Management Response: 78-Management Response (English)

...labor market flexibility should be sustained and labor taxes kept low to promote labor demand, active labor market programs need to be strengthened to facilitate the transition to work. Employment rigidity is among the lowest in the region and labor taxes are low. Kosovo faces the challenge of maintaining these favorable conditions in the face of pressures to increase worker protection and social services. It has done so successfully, for example, by passing a health insurance law that transform...