8 minutes agoThe government responds to the World Bank, and with it, they throw a few words at Isa Mustaf
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The Kosovo government has reacted to the report released yesterday by the World Bank's representative in Kosovo, in terms of the loss of jobs in Kosovo in 2018, for 17,000 jobs, calling it completely unfounded and unfounded. “Data from Agency [...]
The data from Kosovo's Statistics Agency, the Central Bank of Kosovo, but also the Financial Report on Budget Expeditions for 2018, for macroeconomic developments in Kosovo speak quite differently”, said in response.
In the media statement, the Government addresses the opposition as well, saying that “understands the need for opposition criticism of Government, but not any means and any level of”.
“does not surprise us the World Bank representative's appearance with these figures, but we are surprised by the readiness of LDK chairman, Mr. Isa Mustafa, an economist by profession, University Professor and academic, for using this information, saw a professional and critical analysis, as we think it belongs to”, the response follows.
Citing data from the Kosovo Statistics Agency, the Government claims that the number of unemployed in 2018 has been reduced to 11,611 people, meaning unemployment rates have decreased by 1% compared to 2017.
According to them, macroeconomic performance in Kosovo in 2018 was the following: growth/economic growth rate 4.2%, public investments, growth 13.1%, remittances 6.0%, public sector employment 5.2%, investments in the private sector 6.4%.
The report in question does not clarify what the criteria and methodology used for drafting a report with the final conclusion that 17 thousand jobs were lost, and we, like Government, immediately requested precise information about what the source is and what are the methods of working on gathering and presenting these” figures, conclude the reaction of the Government of Kosovo.
