Naslov
Corruption and Economic Development: The Case of Croatia

Autori
Bejaković, Predrag

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Economic Development And Entrepreneurship In Transition Economies: Is Free Trade Working For Transitional And Developing Economies? / Ateljević, Jovo ; Borović, Zoran - Banja Luka : Ekonomski fakultet Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci, 2017, 21-31

ISBN
978-99938-46-54

Skup
5 th REDETE Conference

Mjesto i datum
Beograd, Srbija, 28.10.2016. - 30.10.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
corruption, economic development, Croatia, public policy, public revenues

Sažetak
Many surveys have conclusively shown that countries with higher and more widespread corruption tend to have slower economic development and lower growth income per capita. Corruption is the most important obstacle to exiting the vicious circle of poverty, economic inequality, illiteracy and ineffective investment. Countries with much corruption badly use or altogether neglect their available human and natural resources. Corruption is a serious threat to foreign direct investments, and significantly contributes to political instability and widespread disbelief in governmental institutions and state bodies. Corruption jeopardizes public revenues and endangers existing social belief or enables its creation. Unclear and often changing laws that provide public officials with huge discretionary powers are fertile preconditions for widespread corruption. This causes insecurity in business activities, encourages suboptimal decisions and makes impossible, or at least hinders, the realization of economic development and poverty reduction. Widespread corruption and the intermingling of government and organized crime are especially dangerous in transitional countries, where the privatizing process includes huge assets that are the result of work of many previous generations. The goal of this paper is to extend this analysis by further exploring the institutional settings and practical experiences of policies towards combatting corruption and tax evasion in Croatia. The overall purpose of this analysis is to understand the complex mechanism underlying the persistence causes of corruption, since a clear understanding of the mechanism will enable assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current anti-corruption measures in Croatia. In general, when people consider the government corrupt and believe that the country is headed in the wrong direction this negatively effects social solidarity as expressed in trust in others, and reduces trust in the bodies and decisions of the authorities. Laws must be clear and durable, leaving the least possible room for discretionary action, while decisions must be made on the basis of clear criteria, and be transparent and accessible to the public.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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