文档介绍：2 Corruption in Croatia:
Perceptions Rise,
Problems Remain*

Jelena Budak**

Abstract

This paper examines perceptions of corruption in Croatia, its negative impacts to
the development and anti-corruption measures in the context of the future
accession of Croatia to the European Union. The main hypothesis of this paper is
that there are high perceptions of corruption in Croatia, which is an obstacle to
socio-economic development. Seizing corruption is a necessary criterion for the
Croatian membership in the European Union, and the lack of effective
implementation of anti-corruption policy measures makes the existing anti-
corruption policy still inefficient. The corruption prevalence in Croatia is analysed
from three different viewpoints. The first one examines international ranking of
Croatia as a relatively highly corrupt country. This is followed by the analysis of
recent survey results investigating the corruption perceptions of citizens. The third
aspect considers the corruption perceptions of entrepreneurs in Croatia. Related
findings point out the sectors and forms of highest corruption prevalence and the
significance of corruption as an obstacle to the development of entrepreneurship.
parison of the adopted anti-corruption measures with the EU
mendations indicates that their implementation requires more intense and
continuous efforts, with mitment being the essential factor of ess.
The anti-corruption policy mendations emphasise the importance of seizing
corruption for the general benefit of Croatia, and not only in the context of the
future membership in the European Union.

Keywords: corruption, Croatia, anti-corruption policy
JEL classification: D73, H11, K42

* This paper was originally published in Privredna kretanja i ekonomska politika (Economic Trends and
Economic Policy), No. 106, 2006, pp. 66-99.
** Jelena Budak, Research Associate, The Institut