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It identifies constraints to sustainable, resilient, and inclusive growth, including public sector inefficiencies, demographic and human capital challenges, weak private-sector productivity, and heightened vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change. The report sets out clear priorities across governance, human capital and jobs, business environment, and environmental sustainability, supported by a structured review of knowledge gaps.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \ncroatia systematic country diagnostic   \nACKNOWLEDGEMENT 6  \nLIST OF ACRONYMS 8  \nEXECUTIVE SUMMARY 10  \n1. UPDATED COUNTRY CONTEXT: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS  \nIN GROWTH, POVERTY REDUCTION, AND SHARED PROSPERITY 14  \n2. CONSTRAINTS TO CROATIA’S SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT,  \nAND INCLUSIVE GROWTH ON A LIVABLE PLANET 28  \n2.1. Public sector inefficiencies hampering high-quality and equal  \nservice delivery to the people 29  \n2.2. Demographic challenges and human capital deficiencies hindering labor supply 34  \n2.3. Private sector productivity growth is held back by insufficient investments  \nand a cumbersome business environment 42  \n2.4. Vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change is high, and measures  \nfor adaptation and mitigation are under-developed 46  \n3. PRIORITIES 54  \n1. Effective public service delivery 57  \nPriority \\#1. Increase the effectiveness of public administration 57  \nPriority \\#2. Promote justice sector efficiency and strengthen anti-corruption policies 58  \n2. Improved human capital and social protection 59  \nPriority \\#3. Improve the quality of human capital and labor market participation,  \nespecially for vulnerable groups 59  \nPriority \\#4. Provide robust and adaptive social assistance and social services 60  \n3. Better paid jobs through higher productivity 61  \nPriority \\#5. Support investment in R & D, and green technology adoption to  \nimprove productivity and provide better paid jobs 61  \nPriority \\#6. Ensure a favorable business environment and access to finance,  \nincluding to start-ups and vulnerable groups 62  \n4. Enhanced environmental sustainability and accelerated green transition 62  \nPriority \\#7. Reduce environmental degradation and promote the blue  \neconomy transition 63  \nPriority \\#8. Promote energy production from renewables as well as energy efficiency 63  \nPriority \\#9. Enhance climate change resilience and disaster risk preparedness 64  \n4. KNOWLEDGE GAPS 66  \nREFERENCES 68  \nANNEX 1 74  \n croatia systematic country diagnostic  \nLIST OF FIGURES  \nFigure 1. Economic growth continues and is mostly led by exports 12  \nFigure 2. Income convergence has strengthened in recent years 12  \nFigure 3. Employment rate is on a rise, but remains below EU27 average 13  \nFigure 4. Employment growth led by market services sectors 13  \nFigure 5. The North-East region experienced the largest decline in  \npopulation between 2011 and 2021 14  \nFigure 6. Poorer regions have seen a larger decline in population 14  \nFigure 7. Labor productivity growth between 2005 and 2022 among the lowest in the CEE region 15  \nFigure 8. Differences in labor productivity across sectors between Croatia and Germany in 2019 15  \nFigure 9. Robust economic growth has translated into fast poverty reduction 16  \nFigure 10. Croatia’s poverty rate is on par with EU countries that have similar income level 16  \nFigure 11. Poverty reduction progress was driven mostly by pension income,  \nfollowed by labor earnings 17  \nFigure 12 Impacts of social transfers on poverty reduction  \nin Croatia are among the lowest in the EU and on the decline 17  \nFigure 13. Pockets of poverty persist 18  \nFigure 14. The majority of the poor concentrated in Zagreb and the northern part of Croatia 18  \nFigure 15. Croatia is above the EU average in terms of inequality of opportunities in the EU. 19  \nFigure 16. Education and gender play major roles in determining one’s opportunities. 19  \nFigure 17. Croatia lags the EU average in almost all governance indicators  \n(standard normal units, 2022) 25 Figure 18. While strategic planning has improved, Croatia’s implementation  \ncapacity remains limited 25  \nFigure 19. Disposition time by instance and by matter (days, 2021) 26  \nFigure 20. Number of pending litigious civil and commercial cases  \nin 2012, 2019 – 2021., (1st instance/per 100 inhabitants) 26  \nFigure 21. 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