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Croatia - Living Standards Assessment : Volume 2, Background Papers

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-15T16:27:08Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-15T16:27:08Z
dc.date.issued 2006-11
dc.description.abstract The Croatian economy has performed moderately well in the past decade, enabling a gradual narrowing of the income gap with the European Union (EU). Using a cost-of-basic-needs poverty line, poverty in Croatia is found to be low, with only a small proportion of the poor facing hard-core deprivation. Looking ahead, the task of faster external income convergence with the EU will be challenging, and will require both faster job creation as well as flexibility in the allocation of jobs and workers in the economy. These will also help with more rapid improvement in living conditions in lagging regions. To these ends, the report highlights three sets of interrelated policy challenges and priorities: (1) sustaining high rates of growth to permit continued income convergence with Europe; (2) promoting greater labor mobility, including measures aimed at building human capital to improve workers' opportunities; and (3) improving the adequacy and effectiveness of social safety nets within a responsible fiscal framework. In examining regional disparities, several development indicators show that regional disparities in living conditions are significant (though on average no higher than in EU countries), and only partially explained by human capital and other such individual attributes. Building on local comparative advantages offers the best way forward to improve living conditions in lagging regions. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/11706054/croatia-living-standards-assessment-vol-2-2-background-papers
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8162
dc.language English
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subject ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE
dc.subject ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT
dc.subject AVERAGE PRICES
dc.subject BANK ACCOUNT
dc.subject BENEFICIARIES
dc.subject BOND
dc.subject BONDS
dc.subject CALORIE INTAKE
dc.subject CHANGES IN POVERTY
dc.subject CONSUMER DURABLES
dc.subject CONSUMER GOOD
dc.subject CONSUMER GOODS
dc.subject CONSUMER PRICE
dc.subject CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subject CONSUMER PRICE INDICES
dc.subject CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
dc.subject CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subject CONSUMPTION POVERTY
dc.subject CURRENCY
dc.subject CURRENT POVERTY
dc.subject DERIVATIVE
dc.subject DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY
dc.subject DURABLE
dc.subject DURABLE GOOD
dc.subject DURABLE GOODS
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subject ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE
dc.subject EQUIPMENT
dc.subject FAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subject FARMER
dc.subject FOOD BASKET
dc.subject FOOD BUNDLE
dc.subject FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject FOOD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subject FOOD EXPENDITURE
dc.subject FOOD EXPENDITURES
dc.subject FOOD ITEMS
dc.subject FOOD NEEDS
dc.subject FOOD POVERTY
dc.subject FOOD POVERTY LINE
dc.subject FOOD SHARE
dc.subject GOVERNMENT BOND
dc.subject GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
dc.subject HEALTH EXPENDITURES
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subject HOUSING
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject HUMAN ENERGY
dc.subject INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subject INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject INCOME LEVEL
dc.subject INCOME POVERTY
dc.subject INCOME VARIABILITY
dc.subject INFLATION
dc.subject INFLATION RATE
dc.subject INFLATION RATES
dc.subject INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject INSURANCE
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL POVERTY COMPARISONS
dc.subject INVESTMENT RATE
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LABOR MARKET POLICIES
dc.subject LIVING STANDARD
dc.subject LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject MARKET DEVELOPMENTS
dc.subject MATERIAL POVERTY
dc.subject MATURITY
dc.subject MEAT
dc.subject MILK
dc.subject MOBILE PHONES
dc.subject MONETARY FUND
dc.subject NOMINAL YIELD
dc.subject NUTRITION
dc.subject OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
dc.subject PENSION
dc.subject PENSION INCOME
dc.subject PENSIONS
dc.subject PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subject POLICIES BY REGION
dc.subject POOR
dc.subject POOR HOUSEHOLD
dc.subject POORER HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject POVERTY ANALYSIS
dc.subject POVERTY COMPARISONS
dc.subject POVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subject POVERTY GAP
dc.subject POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE
dc.subject POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES
dc.subject POVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subject POVERTY INDICATOR
dc.subject POVERTY LINE
dc.subject POVERTY LINES
dc.subject POVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subject POVERTY MEASURES
dc.subject POVERTY PROFILE
dc.subject POVERTY RATE
dc.subject POVERTY RATES
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject POVERTY RISK
dc.subject POVERTY SEVERITY
dc.subject PRIVATE TRANSFERS
dc.subject PURCHASING
dc.subject PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject REAL INTEREST
dc.subject REAL INTEREST RATE
dc.subject REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subject REGIONAL DISPARITIES
dc.subject REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject REGIONAL ECONOMY
dc.subject REGIONAL EQUITY
dc.subject REGIONAL INEQUALITIES
dc.subject REGIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject REGIONAL LEVELS
dc.subject REGIONAL OPERATIONS
dc.subject REGIONAL TRENDS
dc.subject REGIONAL VARIATION
dc.subject REGIONAL VARIATIONS
dc.subject RETURN
dc.subject RUNNING WATER
dc.subject RURAL
dc.subject RURAL LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject SALE
dc.subject SALES
dc.subject SAVINGS
dc.subject SCHOOLING
dc.subject SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject STOCKS
dc.subject SUBSTITUTE
dc.subject TAX
dc.subject TOTAL POVERTY
dc.subject TOTAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subject TRADE UNION
dc.subject TRANSACTION
dc.subject TRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subject TRANSITION COUNTRIES
dc.subject TURNOVER
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject VALUATION
dc.subject VEGETABLES
dc.subject WAR
dc.subject WELFARE INDICATOR
dc.title Croatia - Living Standards Assessment : Volume 2, Background Papers en
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okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/11706054/croatia-living-standards-assessment-vol-2-2-background-papers
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000333038_20100127232734
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 11706054
okr.identifier.report 52882
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2010/01/27/000333038_20100127232734/Rendered/PDF/528820ESW0v20P10Box345584B01PUBLIC1.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Europe and Central Asia
okr.region.country Croatia
okr.sector Public Administration, Law, and Justice :: General public administration sector
okr.theme Poverty strategy, analysis and monitoring
okr.theme Social protection and risk management
okr.topic Finance and Financial Sector Development :: Debt Markets
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Markets and Market Access
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Regional Economic Development
okr.unit Poverty Reduction/Econ Mngmt (ECSPE)
okr.volume 2 of 2
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