Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, has stated that over a four-year period, from 2019 to 2023, 87,000 more jobs have been created in Kosovo. He also discussed the economic and budgetary growth during his administration.
These comments were made by the head of the executive branch today during the presentation of the project for social assistance reform by the Ministry of Finance, Labor, and Transfers (MFPT).
Kurti said that the statistics of job growth, reduction in unemployment rates, increased employment of women and youth, economic growth, increased business turnover, and higher budget revenues clearly reflect the success of his government in this regard.
“From 331,742 jobs at the end of 2019, to 419,126 jobs at the end of 2023, we have over 87,000 more jobs or over a 26 percent increase over a four-year period. Furthermore, from an economic growth of 1 billion euros over three years during the mandates before our government, we moved to an economic growth of 1 billion euros per year with our government. From a budget revenue increase of 1 billion euros over more than 10 years before us, we moved to a budget revenue collection of 1 billion euros more over three years of governance,” Kurti said.
He further mentioned that this new economic reality for the country is also confirmed by international financial institutions in their reports, such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and most recently the report of the international credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings.
“But our work for the economic development of the country, which translated into more jobs for the citizens of the Republic and more budget revenues for Kosovo, did not stop there,” the prime minister said.
He stated that the government he leads has worked to redistribute these revenues through various social schemes and numerous measures for citizens, businesses, and especially for vulnerable groups in society.
Kurti emphasized that the new scheme eliminates the discrimination that exists with the current scheme, by not excluding families from the scheme that no longer have children under the age of 5, and encourages employment on the other hand through incentive mechanisms and cooperation with the Employment Agency.
Prime Minister Kurti also emphasized that the lessons learned from this pilot will be reflected in the new Draft Law on social protection.
