The Political Economy of Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Analyzing Infrastructure Grants in Kosovo

Global Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies | Vol. 2, No. 12, December 2011 | pp. 99–107

DOI: 10.46882/2011/GJPCS/000035

Research Article

The Political Economy of Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Analyzing Infrastructure Grants in Kosovo

Arben Krasniqi¹

¹Department of Economics, University of Pristina, Pristina, Kosovo

Abstract: International financial aid frequently aims to cement structural stability in regions recovering from ethnopolitical violence. This study evaluates the allocative efficiency of multilateral infrastructure grants in post-independence Kosovo. Utilizing public investment registers and spatial socioeconomic profiles from 2008 to 2010 across 34 municipalities, we employ panel regression matrices to measure regional recovery metrics. The statistical outputs show that targeting secondary road infrastructure investments to multi-ethnic administrative zones correlated with a 42% expansion in cross-communal economic interaction vectors (p < 0.01). However, structural equation modeling establishes that corruption vulnerabilities within local municipal procurement frameworks reduced overall project efficiency by a factor of 1.8 ± 0.3. The empirical data highlights a persistent deficit in community institutional ownership: 68% of local respondents reported feeling completely marginalized from project planning phases. The study concludes that international development funding fails to build durable social peace unless linked with strict anti-corruption controls and participatory local governance tracking systems.

Keywords: political economy, Kosovo, infrastructure grants, allocative efficiency, multi-ethnic integration, governance tracking

Manuscript Timeline: Received August 14, 2011; Revised October 03, 2011; Accepted November 10, 2011; Published December 15, 2011.

Citation: Krasniqi, A. (2011). The Political Economy of Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Analyzing Infrastructure Grants in Kosovo. Global Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, 2(12), 99–107. DOI: 10.46882/2011/GJPCS/000035

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