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Институционални Оквири Привредног Развоја Косова И Метохије, 1945–1990
[The Institutional Framework of the Economic Development of Kosovo and Metohia, 1945–1990]

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The paper analyzes the institutional framework of the economic development of Kosovo and Metohia in the period of the existence of the so-called Second Yugoslavia (1945-1990). The first part examines the characteristics of Kosovo and Metohia's position within the Yugoslav federation, formed on the basis of the decisions of the communist AVNOJ conference in 1943, and follows the transformation of Kosovo and Metohia from an autonomous region (as delineated in the first constitution – but not in the original AVNOJ resolution on the basis of which federal Yugoslavia was formed!) to a province and then to a „constitutive element“ of the federation, with superior powers relative to the Republic of Serbia, whose integral part it was. The second part presents the basic characteristics of the economic system and the economic and developmental policies, which were fundamentally identical to those applied to the entire country – although, starting with the middle of the 1960s, the process of building so-called national economies had begun in the republics and provinces, which were responsible for their own socio-economic development. Finally, the third part examines the position of Kosovo and Metohia in the context of the planning and the implementation of regional policy, within which, for the greater part of the period in question (i.e. from 1957), the region had the status of an underdeveloped region and, from 1966, the status of an „exceptionally underdeveloped region“ at the level of the federation itself. As such, Kosovo and Metohia received federal aid for economic (and social) development on various levels (the federal budget through funds earmarked for lesser developed republics and provinces, the Federal Fund for crediting the economic development of underdeveloped republics and provinces, as well as other forms of fund redistribution provided for by federal laws). Under the conditions of a spatially uncoordinated goals system, the absence of spending control over the redistributed funds, as well as the uncontrolled demographic movements in Kosovo and Metohia, instead of resulting in a more rapid economic and social development of the province, this aid wound up being an investment into Kosovo and Metohia's political independence and demographic expansion. У раду се анализирају институционалне претпоставке привредног развоја Косова и Метохије у периоду постојања тзв. Друге Југославије (1945–1990). У првом делу су размотрене карактеристике положаја Космета у оквиру југословенске федерације створене на основу одлука АВНОЈ-а из 1943. Показан је његов преображај од аутономне области (у првом уставу, али не и у изворној одлуци АВНОЈ-а на основу које је створена федеративна Југославија!) у покрајину а затим и у „конститутивни елемент“ федерације, с овлашћењима која су превазилазила овлашћења републике чији је оно било део. У другом делу приказане су основне карактеристике привредног система и економске и развојне политике, које су у основи били идентични у читавој земље, иако је од средине 1960-тих у републикама, које су биле одговорне за свој сопствени друштвено-економски развој, започело изграђивање тзв. националних економија. Најзад, у трећем делу размотрен је положај Космета у контексту конципирања и спровођења регионалне политике, као у највећем делу посматраног периода (тј. од 1957. године) недовољно развијеног подручја, а од 1966. и изразито недовољно развијеног подручја на нивоу федерације. Као такво, Косово и Метохија је добијало помоћ за привредни (и друштвени) развој на нивоу федерације по више основа (буџет федерације кроз дотације буџетима мање развијених република и покрајина, Фонд федерације за кредитирање привредног развоја недовољно развијених република и покрајина, као и други облици редистрибуције средстава по основу савезних прописа). У условима просторно некоординисаног циљног система и одсуства контроле трошења редистрибуираних средстава, као и неконтролисаних демографских кретања у Космету, ова помоћ није могла да се ефектуира бржим привредним и друштвеним развојем Покрајине, већ се показала као улагање у демографску експанзију и политичко осамостаљивање Албанаца.

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  • Bukvić, Rajko, 2005. "Институционални Оквири Привредног Развоја Косова И Метохије, 1945–1990 [The Institutional Framework of the Economic Development of Kosovo and Metohia, 1945–1990]," MPRA Paper 70300, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 27 May 2005.
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    1. Mary Gregory, 1973. "Regional economic development in Yugoslavia," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(2), pages 213-228.
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    Keywords

    Kоsovo and Metohia; Yugoslavia; Serbia; institutional conditions; economic development; regional policies; political separatism; demographic expansion. Косово и Метохија; Југославија; Србија; институционални услови; привредни развој; регионална политика; политички сепаратизам; демографска експанзија.;
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    JEL classification:

    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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