Furthermore, the Bank argues that reviving Kosovo will only be possible within a broader strategy of repairing the economies of neighboring countries such as Albania, for Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and others that also incurred economic losses as a result of the conflict.

Photographs of Kosovo:

Billboard in praise of NATO leaders in Pristina

James Wolfensohn with Bernard Kouchner

Re-opened shop next door to gutted building

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• Read the news release World Bank Grant Helps Rebuild Kosovo's Education And Health Sectors May 10, 2000
  
• Read the news release Kosovo: Donors Pledge US$1 Billion in Support of the Reconstruction and Recovery Programme November 17, 1999
  
• Read the news release World Bank Launches First Kosovo Project November 16, 1999
  
• Read World Bank Group Transitional Support Strategy for Kosovo (50K PDF)
  
• Read the news release First Donor Conference for Kosovo
  
• Read the transcript of the World Bank/European Commission Kosovo Press Briefing
• World Bank President Mr. James D. Wolfensohn visits Albania, FYR Macedonia, and Kosovo
• Read the news release Rebuilding Kosovo Takes Important Step Forward
  
• Read the news release Reviving Kosovo: A Complicated Challenge Lies Ahead for International Community
  
• Read the transcripts from the Washington, D.C. and Brussels press briefings
  
• Read the World Bank Group Response to Post Conflict Reconstruction in Kosovo: General Framework For an Emergency Assistance Strategy
  
• Read the Press Backgrounders: Lessons for Rebuilding Southeast Europe, The Bosnia and Herzegovina Experience  and  The World Bank's Role in Reconstruction and Recovery in Kosovo
  
• Visit Economic Reconstruction and Development in South East Europe

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