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Pro-Active Regional Development Policy - the Croatian Case

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  • Marijana Sumpor

  • Nenad Starc

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The paper deals with existing regional development discrepancies in Croatia and discusses possibilities of initiating dormant development potentials and closing development gaps. Bottom up policy approach is analysed in view of Croatian specific regional features that call for careful design of a specific bottom up ? top down policy. Such a policy requires efficient communication between national and local government levels, coordinated design of regional and structural measures, capacity building of local self-government structures and thorough development programming. Qualitative development factors like institutions, political environment and social capital are attached a particular importance. Almost totally neglected today these factors deserve a special attention in future Croatian development policy formation. Monitoring and evaluation of policy measures appear equally neglected and deserve a special attention as well. At the end, a pro-active regional policy is scoped and particular measures and projects proposed.

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  • Marijana Sumpor & Nenad Starc, 2003. "Pro-Active Regional Development Policy - the Croatian Case," ERSA conference papers ersa03p405, European Regional Science Association.
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    1. Börje Johansson & Charlie Karlsson & Roger R. Stough (ed.), 2002. "Regional Policies and Comparative Advantage," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 2545.
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    1. Marijana Sumpor, 2004. "Local Politics, Budgets and Development Programmes in Croatia," ERSA conference papers ersa04p99, European Regional Science Association.

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