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How prepared is Croatia for a knowledge-based society?
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Corporate Editor
Institute of Public Finance, Zagreb
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Kroatien
Abstract Knowledge has become the key to economic competitiveness and success. An important part of an economy's overall competitiveness – the ability to achieve success on markets – is labour-force competitiveness. One of the main determinants of the competitiveness of human resources is a country's educati... view more
Knowledge has become the key to economic competitiveness and success. An important part of an economy's overall competitiveness – the ability to achieve success on markets – is labour-force competitiveness. One of the main determinants of the competitiveness of human resources is a country's education system. The paper discusses EU activities related to achieving a move to a knowledge-based society and labour force competitiveness. After the introduction, a short theoretical framework is provided. The third part of the paper analyzes the situation in newly accepted EU members, in future members and in Croatia. After the assessment of some problems in Croatia, some proposals for improvements of the educational system are given.... view less
Keywords
Croatia; post-socialist country; knowledge; education; competitiveness; international comparison; competition; knowledge society; manpower; education system
Classification
Macrosociology, Analysis of Whole Societies
Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy
Method
descriptive study
Free Keywords
knowledge-based economy; education; labour force; European Union; Croatia
Collection Title
Croatian Accession to the European Union. Vol. 3, Facing the challenges of negotiations
Editor
Ott, Katarina
Document language
English
Publication Year
2005
City
Zagreb
Page/Pages
p. 109-128
ISBN
953-6047-58-6
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works