The reconstruction won't be just with bricks and concrete. It will be a generation-long drive to change how Balkan countries deal with each other and the rest of Europe, with the idea of preventing future crises that would require NATO military intervention. So, in theory, it would depend on a Yugoslavia without Slobodan Milosevic in power.
Planning is still in the early stages, and no serious cost estimates have been published.
Surrounding countries that have been hurt by the conflict include Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Croatia. Europe would shoulder much of the cost, but some of the aid would flow through the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, in which the United States has a big investment. Regional meeting nears The reconstruction plan, rooted in a Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe created by Germany, will be pulled together at a high-level meeting of major nations in Bonn at the end of the month. A donor conference of wealthy countries to help the region is also planned. The theory is that only through development of the entire region can individual countries prosper and successfully link up with Western Europe.