Preface -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Background -- Economic and Political Developments -- Fiscal Structure and the 2000 Budget -- The Path Toward Self-Sustainability -- Conclusions -- APPENDIX I Estimating GDP -- APPENDIX II Medium-Term Fiscal Scenarios
Summary
<This publication analyzes the size and structure of the Kosovo budget and looks at the prospects for the Budget to be sustainable in the medium-term. To date, fiscal policy has focused on activating essential services and building up capacity to tax and administrater budget funds. Capital expenditures for the large reconstruction program have been kept separate from the current expenditure budget and treated as a stand alone component of donor support.>
