Kosovo has one of the largestinternational migration flows in the world. Much emigrationhas been for economic reasons and to escape armed conflictin the late 1990s; resolution of the conflict does notappear to have offered migrants enough incentive to return.Even though migration slowed with the global economiccrisis, a reported 3.5 percent of the working populationaged 15 and above have expressed interest in emigrating inthe next 12 months. The first objective of this study is toillustrate the importance of migration and remittances forKosovo, drawing on data from recent surveys. The second isto identify policies implemented in other countries that theKosovan authorities might find useful for maximizing thebenefits from its large migrant population. The study doesnot specify policies the Kosovan authorities should adopt;instead, it sets out policies and instruments theauthorities could consider if they wish to more tightly linkmigration to development. The study has two parts. The firstdescribes migration and remittances trends in Kosovo andlinks them to labor outcomes, poverty, and investment. Thesecond presents migration policies other countries haveintroduced, including some countries that are, like Kosovo,small, post-conflict, developing countries with a largediaspora in developed countries.
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