Economy and status, main problems in Kosovo

The polling included 1,000 respondents and was conducted from the end of December to the beginning of January.

The level of economic pessimism is higher than the level of political pessimism. Similarly the willingness to protest for economic reasons is higher than the willingness to protest for political reasons.

"What I will speculate is that once status issue is solved even more people will focus their concerns on the economy, on employment opportunities, on the state of education, on health care and other development challenges," stated Frode Mauring, head of UNDP in Kosovo, during the presentation.

The unresolved status of Kosovo remains main threat for the stability of Kosovo. Whereas the best option for the future political status of Kosovo, for the majority of Albanians and non-Serb minorities remains independence in the current borders of Kosovo.

More than 50 per cent of Kosovo Albanians polled see the unresolved final Kosovo status as the issue mostly threatening the stability in Kosovo as among Serbs 33 per cent of Kosovo Serbs polled see further aggravation of interethnic relations as the most threatening factor to stability of Kosovo, says the poll.

On integration, around 58 per cent of Kosovar Albanians think that the influence of Belgrade and the lack of Serbs to integrate in the Kosovar society remains a key factor. Whereas for 66 per cent of Kosovo Serbs, to blame are the stance of Albanian leaders and the insufficient efforts of Albanians in general.

The poll contains other relevant questions related to security, political situation, economic situation and the people's perceptions about corruption. 

The Early Warning Reports are part of a UNDP project co-funded with USAID. The aim of the project is to build the capacity of local analysts to foresee potential crises. The full report is yet to be published on the web.

UNDP in Kosovo

Comments (0)

Subscribe to this comment's feed