Donors, technical assistance and public administration in Kosovo

by Mary Venner

The reconstruction of Kosovo after 1999 was one of the largest and most ambitious international interventions in a post-conflict country. The United Nations, other major multinational organisations and many large bilateral aid donors all played a role in restoring stability and establishing governance in the territory. This book looks beyond the apparently united and generally self-congratulatory statements of these international actors to examine what actually happened when they tried to work together in Kosovo to achieve this goal. It considers the interests and motivations, and the strengths and weaknesses of each of the major players and how they contributed to the creation of new institutions in public finance and public sector management.

216 pages, Hardcover

Published August 12, 2016

About the author

Mary Venner has lived and worked as a technical adviser in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Libya, the Philippines, Somalia, East Timor, the Solomon Islands and Ukraine. Before that, she was a public servant in Canberra, Australia.

Proceeds from sales of Where Are You This Time? will be donated to charities working to improve life for people affected by conflict and poverty.