Rethinking Kosovar citizenship
Economic policy has failed to address inequality.
|2018.02.16
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Pensions and conditional social assistance funds were programmed by the World Bank in such a way as to require minimal public spending.
In 20 years of democracy there was no universal scheme of allowances for children, and the number of public kindergartens barely surpasses 40 at a national level.
A reformatory government would cancel the planned health insurance and substitute it with a national health insurance model in which insurance is automatically given by citizenship.
Artan Mustafa
Artan Mustafa is social policy researcher. He studied political science and sustainable development at the University of Vienna, Uppsala University (including the University of Tokyo) and the University of Prishtina. He was editor of Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë (2011-13).
DISCLAIMERThe views of the writer do not necessarily reflect the views of Kosovo 2.0.
This story was originally written in Albanian.