Publication: Croatia : Fiscal (De)centralization and Public Service Delivery
Date
2012-01
ISSN
Published
2012-01
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This report discusses the contours of a
possible strategic direction, the necessary basic
institutional set up for implementation, and key reform
policy options to be tackled in order to complete the
foundations of the decentralization reform initiated in
2001. Croatia is still a highly centralized country in terms
of decision making on public service financing and delivery,
as compared to most of the new European Union members. One
indicator is that the sub-national Government's budget
still corresponds to five percent of GDP, while in the newly
accessed countries it was about eight percent on average in
their immediate pre-accession phase. The Government of
Croatia is conscious about the critical importance of
improving citizens' voice, transparency and
accountability on public affairs, especially on matters of
local interest, in order to increase efficiency on public
service delivery and rapidly converge to European Union
standards on a sustainable basis. The Government started its
decentralization reforms in July 2001, although they have
not yet adequately implemented them to make the reform
process sustainable.
Citation
“World Bank. 2012. Croatia : Fiscal (De)centralization and Public Service Delivery. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/0559a899-197c-554c-8fbd-ac842f9dfd1e License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”