State of the State
Country Kosovo
Date 6 October 2011
Author Democracy for Development (D4D)
Publisher Forum 2015
More than half of the ministries do not have annual reports of their work, and those that do, have few numbers that measure the real effect they have had in the society. Measuring government’s performance by measuring their output and effect of their performance is a rather novel trend globally which has already become a standard across the developed world. The main conclusions drawn by this study are (a) lack of reliable data, (b) inadequate measurement of performance and governance without targets, (c) economy relies on growth in the public sector, (d) the court backlog has continued to increase and there is a serious shortage of judges and prosecutors, (e) Kosovo’s public sector growth has become unsustainable, and (f) demographic planning and monitoring should be introduced to assist the development of effective government policies. The lack of data is so evident that it requires no further discussion, hence our focus to highlight five concerns and recommendations below.