01757cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF016792 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484353608 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept. Kosovo : Technical Assistance Report-Enhancing Social Protection Cash Benefits. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016. 1 online resource (43 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper assesses the sustainability of the public pension system, discusses recent and proposed changes to veterans' benefits, and reviews the effectiveness of social assistance in Kosovo. The social transfer programs created in the wake of Kosovo's independence are narrower in scope than similar programs in other European emerging economies. Poverty, the main policy challenge of the country, can be addressed through employment-friendly economic growth and pro-poor social spending. Kosovo's highly inequitable current system of social cash transfer represents a departure from the fiscally sustainable and conceptually homogenous structure of the early 2000s. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2016/123 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2016/123/002.2016.issue-123-en.xml IMF e-Library