Croatia - Living Standards Assessment : Volume 1, Promoting Social Inclusion and Regional Equity

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....

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTING ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS AGE GROUP BORROWING CALORIE INTAKE CENTRAL REGION CENTRAL REGIONS CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD ALLOWANCES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION BASKET CORRELATES OF POVERTY CREDIT MARKETS DECLINE IN POVERTY DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY EARNING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED REGIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVEL EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS ELDERLY PEOPLE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT INCOME EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES ESTIMATES OF POVERTY FARMERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD BASKET FOOD BUNDLE FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD ITEMS FOOD NEEDS FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRICES GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS ILLITERACY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY AMONG HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INCOME FLUCTUATIONS INCOME GAP INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INCOME REGIONS INCOME TRANSFERS INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE POPULATION LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PARTICIPANTS LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MOBILITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR UTILIZATION LAGGING REGIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT MALNUTRITION MOBILITY OF LABOR MONETARY POLICY MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR POOR BENEFICIARIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR REGIONS POORER REGIONS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCIDENCE ACROSS REGIONS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RANKINGS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY RISK PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS REAL INCOME REAL WAGES REGIONAL ACCOUNTS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL EQUITY REGIONAL GOVERNMENT REGIONAL INCOME REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL OPERATIONS REGIONAL PATTERN REGIONAL POVERTY REGIONAL STUDY REGIONAL TRENDS REGIONAL VARIATION RETIREMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COUNTERPARTS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAVINGS SCHOOLING SELF EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SPENDING STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARGETING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL POVERTY TOTAL POVERTY LINE TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WAGE BILL WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE POLICY WAGE PREMIUMS WAR WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE LEVEL WELFARE MEASURE WELFARE MEASURES WORKER WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKERS YOUNG WORKERS
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topic	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTING ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS AGE GROUP BORROWING CALORIE INTAKE CENTRAL REGION CENTRAL REGIONS CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD ALLOWANCES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION BASKET CORRELATES OF POVERTY CREDIT MARKETS DECLINE IN POVERTY DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY EARNING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED REGIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVEL EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS ELDERLY PEOPLE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT INCOME EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES ESTIMATES OF POVERTY FARMERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD BASKET FOOD BUNDLE FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD ITEMS FOOD NEEDS FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRICES GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS ILLITERACY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY AMONG HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INCOME FLUCTUATIONS INCOME GAP INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INCOME REGIONS INCOME TRANSFERS INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE POPULATION LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PARTICIPANTS LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MOBILITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR UTILIZATION LAGGING REGIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT MALNUTRITION MOBILITY OF LABOR MONETARY POLICY MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR POOR BENEFICIARIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR REGIONS POORER REGIONS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCIDENCE ACROSS REGIONS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RANKINGS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY RISK PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS REAL INCOME REAL WAGES REGIONAL ACCOUNTS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL EQUITY REGIONAL GOVERNMENT REGIONAL INCOME REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL OPERATIONS REGIONAL PATTERN REGIONAL POVERTY REGIONAL STUDY REGIONAL TRENDS REGIONAL VARIATION RETIREMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COUNTERPARTS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAVINGS SCHOOLING SELF EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SPENDING STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARGETING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL POVERTY TOTAL POVERTY LINE TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WAGE BILL WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE POLICY WAGE PREMIUMS WAR WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE LEVEL WELFARE MEASURE WELFARE MEASURES WORKER WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKERS YOUNG WORKERS
spellingShingle	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTING ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS AGE GROUP BORROWING CALORIE INTAKE CENTRAL REGION CENTRAL REGIONS CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD ALLOWANCES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION BASKET CORRELATES OF POVERTY CREDIT MARKETS DECLINE IN POVERTY DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY EARNING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED REGIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVEL EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS ELDERLY PEOPLE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT INCOME EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES ESTIMATES OF POVERTY FARMERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD BASKET FOOD BUNDLE FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD ITEMS FOOD NEEDS FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRICES GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS ILLITERACY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY AMONG HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INCOME FLUCTUATIONS INCOME GAP INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INCOME REGIONS INCOME TRANSFERS INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE POPULATION LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PARTICIPANTS LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MOBILITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR UTILIZATION LAGGING REGIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT MALNUTRITION MOBILITY OF LABOR MONETARY POLICY MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR POOR BENEFICIARIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR REGIONS POORER REGIONS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCIDENCE ACROSS REGIONS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RANKINGS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY RISK PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS REAL INCOME REAL WAGES REGIONAL ACCOUNTS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL EQUITY REGIONAL GOVERNMENT REGIONAL INCOME REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL OPERATIONS REGIONAL PATTERN REGIONAL POVERTY REGIONAL STUDY REGIONAL TRENDS REGIONAL VARIATION RETIREMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COUNTERPARTS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAVINGS SCHOOLING SELF EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SPENDING STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARGETING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL POVERTY TOTAL POVERTY LINE TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WAGE BILL WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE POLICY WAGE PREMIUMS WAR WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE LEVEL WELFARE MEASURE WELFARE MEASURES WORKER WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKERS YOUNG WORKERS World Bank Croatia - Living Standards Assessment : Volume 1, Promoting Social Inclusion and Regional Equity
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description	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.
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title	Croatia - Living Standards Assessment : Volume 1, Promoting Social Inclusion and Regional Equity
title_short	Croatia - Living Standards Assessment : Volume 1, Promoting Social Inclusion and Regional Equity
title_full	Croatia - Living Standards Assessment : Volume 1, Promoting Social Inclusion and Regional Equity
title_fullStr	Croatia - Living Standards Assessment : Volume 1, Promoting Social Inclusion and Regional Equity
title_full_unstemmed	Croatia - Living Standards Assessment : Volume 1, Promoting Social Inclusion and Regional Equity
title_sort	croatia - living standards assessment : volume 1, promoting social inclusion and regional equity
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/11706052/croatia-living-standards-assessment-vol-1-2-promoting-social-inclusion-regional-equity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8160
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spelling	okr-10986-81602021-04-23T14:02:38Z Croatia - Living Standards Assessment : Volume 1, Promoting Social Inclusion and Regional Equity World Bank ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTING ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS AGE GROUP BORROWING CALORIE INTAKE CENTRAL REGION CENTRAL REGIONS CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD ALLOWANCES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION BASKET CORRELATES OF POVERTY CREDIT MARKETS DECLINE IN POVERTY DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY EARNING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED REGIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVEL EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS ELDERLY PEOPLE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT INCOME EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES ESTIMATES OF POVERTY FARMERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD BASKET FOOD BUNDLE FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD ITEMS FOOD NEEDS FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRICES GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS ILLITERACY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY AMONG HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INCOME FLUCTUATIONS INCOME GAP INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INCOME REGIONS INCOME TRANSFERS INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE POPULATION LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PARTICIPANTS LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MOBILITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR UTILIZATION LAGGING REGIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT MALNUTRITION MOBILITY OF LABOR MONETARY POLICY MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR POOR BENEFICIARIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR REGIONS POORER REGIONS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCIDENCE ACROSS REGIONS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RANKINGS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY RISK PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS REAL INCOME REAL WAGES REGIONAL ACCOUNTS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL EQUITY REGIONAL GOVERNMENT REGIONAL INCOME REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL OPERATIONS REGIONAL PATTERN REGIONAL POVERTY REGIONAL STUDY REGIONAL TRENDS REGIONAL VARIATION RETIREMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COUNTERPARTS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAVINGS SCHOOLING SELF EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SPENDING STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARGETING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL POVERTY TOTAL POVERTY LINE TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WAGE BILL WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE POLICY WAGE PREMIUMS WAR WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE LEVEL WELFARE MEASURE WELFARE MEASURES WORKER WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKERS YOUNG WORKERS 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. 2012-06-15T16:24:36Z 2012-06-15T16:24:36Z 2006-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/11706052/croatia-living-standards-assessment-vol-1-2-promoting-social-inclusion-regional-equity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8160 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Croatia

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