Towards Balanced Regional Development in Croatia From Strategy Design to Implementation
Since joining the EU in 2013, Croatia's macroeconomic performance has improved significantly. At the same time, large demographic and socio-economic disparities across Croatian regions persist. These trends provide the backdrop against which Croatia has reformed its legislative and strategic pl...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Paris
OECD Publishing
2024
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| Series: | OECD Multi-level Governance Studies
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| Collection: | OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Since joining the EU in 2013, Croatia's macroeconomic performance has improved significantly. At the same time, large demographic and socio-economic disparities across Croatian regions persist. These trends provide the backdrop against which Croatia has reformed its legislative and strategic planning framework for regional development. Such reforms culminated in the adoption of the National Development Strategy 2030, which includes balanced regional development among its main long-term objectives. They have also led to the creation of regional development agencies, and the design of development plans at the county and local levels. This report assesses the extent to which Croatia's multi-level governance system is supporting its regional development objectives. In particular, it provides an overview of the country's regional development performance on several demographic, economic and well-being indicators. From there, it considers how the regional development reforms adopted since 2014 affect the ability of national and subnational governments to design, implement, fund, monitor and evaluate place-based regional development plans. Finally, this report provides practical recommendations to help national and subnational policy makers develop and implement strategic frameworks to meet their territorial development objectives and deliver tangible results to communities across the country |
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| Physical Description: | 192 p. 21 x 28cm |
| ISBN: | 9789264493162 9789264422889 |