Many post-conflict states, despite large-scale development aid, continue to experience chronic underdevelopment. This research will use institutional economics and the example of Kosovo to examine the relationship between institutional structures and economic insecurity, as an indicator of development outcomes. This paper argues that while Kosovo’s parallel institutional structure is quite unique, the structure and uncertain nature of Kosovo’s post-conflict institutions make them weak which is a source of economic insecurity which undermines development efforts. This paper also refutes some of the primacy given to formal institutions as a source of development and concludes that the makeup of formal and informal institutions in Kosovo proves to have a somewhat complex relationship to economic insecurity and further to overall development outcomes. The paper concludes that a focus on developing the quality of institutions in Kosovo may be an effective development policy as it could help to decrease economic insecurity.

尽管有大规模的发展援助，许多冲突后国家仍处于长期的不发达状态。这项研究将以制度经济学和科索沃为例，研究制度结构与经济不安全之间的关系，以此作为发展成果的指标。本文认为，尽管科索沃的平行机构结构相当独特，但科索沃冲突后机构的结构和不确定性使它们变得脆弱，这是破坏发展努力的经济不安全根源。本文还驳斥了正规机构作为发展源泉的某些优先地位，并得出结论，事实证明，科索沃正规和非正式机构的构成与经济不安全以及进一步与总体发展成果有着某种复杂的关系。