Croatia Country Profile

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General Information Sources

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Croatia 2010.
• Croatian Ministry of Justice: Analysis of the Implementation and Effectiveness of the Measures from the Action Plan of the Anti-Corruption Strategy 2010 (in Croatian).
• Balkan Insight: 'Croatia Arrests Ex-Deputy PM for Corruption', 30 March 2010.
• Croatian Times: 'Construction firm head Zuzul remains in custody', 11 February 2010.
• BBC News: 'Social Democrat Ivo Josipovic elected Croatia president', 11 January 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Croatia 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2009.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
• European Commission: Croatia Progress Report 2009.
• European Commission: Enlargement Newsletter - Resolution in Sight for Croatian-Slovenian Border Dispute? 4 September 2009.
• Seebiz: 'Five managers of Croatian Motorways arrested this morning!', 26 November 2009.
• Radio Liberty: 'Croatia Indicts Former Defense Minister For Corruption', 28 October 2009.
• The Independent: 'Croatian Prime Minister quits politics', 1 July 2009.
• Croatian Times: 'Croats call judiciary the most corrupt institution', 19 June 2009.
• Governance Focus: 'Corruption in Croatia', 3 June 2009.
• The Wall Street Journal: 'Corruption in Croatia', 19 May 2009.
• Balkan Insight: 'Croatia Land Corruption Case Opens', 18 May 2009.
• BBC News: 'Croatia cursed by crime and corruption', 15 April 2009.
• Earthtimes: 'Croatia hands 7-year sentence to general for theft of diamonds', 2 March 2009.
• Javno: 'Croatian Cabinet Presents Anti-Corruption Measures', 26 February 2009.
• Vlada Republike Hrvatske: 'Croatia launches anti-corruption campaign', 25 February 2009.
• Javno: 'Tax Office Heads Arrested For Taking Bribes', 13 February 2009.
• Commission of the European Communities: Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2008-2009.
• European Commission: Croatia Progress Report 2008.
• European Commission: Governance Overview for Croatia 2008.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Croatia 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Croatia 2008.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2008.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2008.
• Lexadin: The World Law Guide - Legislation Croatia 2008.
• Javno: 'Croatia Again Fails Corruption Exam', 9 December 2008.
• Balkan Insight: 'Croatia Sets Up Anti Corruption Courts', 28 November 2008.
• Timesonline: 'EU to embrace Croatia despite reports of gang crime and corruption', 6 November 2008.
• EUbusiness: 'Croatia on track to end EU accession talks in a year', 5 November 2008.
• EUbusiness: 'EU enlargement progress reports - key findings', 5 November 2008.
• European Commission: Croatia Country Progress Report November 2007.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2007.
• Transparency International Croatia: National Integrity System Study 2007.
• David Moore and Athanasios Vamvakidis, International Monetary Fund: Economic Growth in Croatia: Potential and Constraints 2007.
• Government of the Republic of Croatia: National Anti-Corruption Programme 2006-2008.
• Jelena Budak: Corruption in Croatia: Perceptions Rise, Problems Remain 2006 (in Croatian).
• The World Bank: Country Assistance Strategy Progress Report for the Republic of Croatia for the Period FY05-FY08.
• EBRD & World Bank: Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) Croatia 2005.
• Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption: Evaluation Report on Croatia 2005.

Corruption Levels Sources

Judicial System

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Croatia 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Croatia 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• European Commission: Croatia Progress Report 2008.
• European Commission: Governance Overview for Croatia 2008.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Croatia 2008.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2008.
• Dalje: 'Corruption Office Suspects 9 Judges for Corruption', 12 September 2008.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2007.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2007.
• Jelena Budak: Corruption in Croatia: Perceptions Rise, Problems Remain 2006 (in Croatian).
• EBRD & World Bank: BEEPS Croatia 2005.
• The World Bank & IFC: Investment Climate Survey - Croatia 2005.

Police

• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Croatia 2010.
• European Commission: Croatia Progress Report 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Croatia 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• European Commission: Croatia Progress Report 2009.
• European Commission: Croatia Progress Report 2008.
• European Commission: Governance Overview for Croatia 2008.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Croatia 2008.
• Transparency International Croatia: National Integrity System Study 2007.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Croatia 2007.
• Jelena Budak: Corruption in Croatia: Perceptions Rise, Problems Remain 2006 (in Croatian).

Licences, Infrastructure and Public Utilities

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Croatia 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• European Commission: Croatia Progress Report 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Croatia 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2009.
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: 'Croatia Indicts Former Defense Minister for Corruption', 28 October 2009.
• Southeast European Times: 'Croatia mounts largest anti-corruption Action to date', 6 August 2007.
• EBRD & World Bank: BEEPS Croatia 2005.

Land Administration

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Croatia 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• The World Bank: Croatia Country Brief 2008.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2008.
• EUbusiness: 'Ex-Croat state official sought 1.5 million-euro bribe: witness', 27 November 2008.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2007.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2007.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2006.

Tax Administration

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2009.
• Javno: 'Tax Office Heads Arrested For Taking Bribes', 13 February 2009.
• Jelena Budak: Corruption in Croatia: Perceptions Rise, Problems Remain 2006 (in Croatian).
• EBRD & World Bank: BEEPS Croatia 2005.

Customs Administration

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• European Commission: Croatia Progress Report 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2009.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2009.
• Croatian Ministry of Finance: Strengthening Anti-Corruption Activities of the Customs Administration 2008.
• Jelena Budak: Corruption in Croatia: Perceptions Rise, Problems Remain 2006 (in Croatian).
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2005.
• EBRD & World Bank: BEEPS Croatia 2005.

Public Procurement and Contracting

• Financial Times: 'Croatia's ex-deputy PM arrested', 30 March 2010.
• Balkan Insight: 'Croatia Arrests Ex-Duputy PM for Corruption', 30 March 2010.
• Wieninternational: 'Croatian government tackles corruption', 7 January 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• European Commission: Croatia Progress Report 2009.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2009.
• Seebiz: 'Five managers of Croatian Motorways arrested this morning!', 26 November 2009.
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: 'Croatia Indicts Former Defense Minister for Corruption', 28 October 2009.
• Adriatic Institute for Public Policy: 'Police arrest Croat food group execs - agency', 21 October 2009.
• Dalje: 'Croatia Ends Maestro Anti-Corruption Trial', 15 May 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2007.
• Transparency International Croatia: National Integrity System Study 2007.
• Southeast European Times: 'Croatia mounts largest anti-corruption action to date', 6 August 2007.
• Jelena Budak: Corruption in Croatia: Perceptions Rise, Problems Remain 2006 (in Croatian).
• EBRD & World Bank: BEEPS Croatia 2005.
• PSD: Policy Analysis: Secret Processes of Public Procurement in the City of Zagreb.

Environment, Natural Resources and Extractive Industry

• Reuters: 'Croatia sacks state power board management', 22 September 2009.
• EBRD & World Bank: BEEPS Croatia 2005.

Public Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources

• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Croatia 2010.
• Amnesty International: Croatia - Briefing to the European Commission and Memeber States of the European Union (EU) on the progress made by the Republic of Croatia in Prosecution of War Crimes April 2010.
• Croatian Ministry of Justice: Analysis of the Implementation and Effectiveness of the Measures from the Action Plan of the Anti-Corruption Strategy 2010 (in Croatian).
• European Commission: Croatia Progress Report 2009.
• Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO): Evaluation Report on Croatia 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Croatia 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2009.
• European Commission: Croatia Progress Report 2009.
• Croatian Parliament: 'National Council for Monitoring Anti-Corruption Strategy Implementation', 2009.
• Croatian Times: 'Kosor promises to stop corruption', 24 September 2009.
• Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: The Protection of "Whistleblowers" July 2009.
• Croatian Parliament National Council for Monitoring Anti-Corruption Strategy Implementation: Report on the Work of the National Council for Monitoring Anti-Corruption Strategy Implementation in the period from 21 May 2008 to 30 May 2009.
• Javno: 'PHOTO: Croatia Presents Anti-Corruption Judges', 2 March 2009.
• Javno: 'Croatian Cabinet Presents Anti-Corruption Measures', 26 February 2009.
• Vlada Republike Hrvatske: 'Croatia launches anti-corruption campaign', 25 February 2009.
• Balkan Insight: '95 Arrested in Croat Bribery Scandal', 19 September 2008.
• Croatian Ministry of Finance: Strengthening Anti-Corruption Activities of the Customs Administration 2008.
• Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative: Anti-Corruption Policy Implementation 2008.
• European Commission: Croatia Progress Report 2008.
• European Commission: Governance Overview for Croatia 2008.
• Lexadin: The World Law Guide - Legislation Croatia 2008.
• European Commission: Governance Overview for Croatia 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Croatia 2008.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Croatia 2008.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2008.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2007.
• Transparency International Croatia: National Integrity System Study 2007.
• Jelena Budak: Corruption in Croatia: Perceptions Rise, Problems Remain 2006 (in Croatian).
• Government of Croatia: National Anti-Corruption Programme 2006-2008.
• Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO): Compliance Report on Croatia 2007.
• Council of Europe Group of State against Corruption (GRECO): Evaluation Report on Croatia 2005.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2005.
• John Hucker for OSCE: The Ombudsman Institution in Croatia: An Expert Analysis 2003.

Private Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources

• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Croatia 2010.
• Reporters Without Borders: Croatia Country Report 2010.
• Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Croatia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom of the Press - Croatia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom of the Press Index 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Croatia 2009.
• European Commission: Croatia Progress Report 2008.
• European Commission: Governance Overview for Croatia 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Croatia 2008.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom of the Press - Croatia 2008.
• OneWorld South East Europe: 'PSD Demands Public Debate on the Law on Conflict of Interests', 15 April 2008.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Croatia 2007.
• Transparency International Croatia: National Integrity System Study 2007.
• Paul McCarthy (for Transparency International): Drivers of Change - An Evaluation of the Advocacy and Legal Advice Centers Project, 2005.
• Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project: Pukanic Murder Trial Opens.