Social Policy Reforms in Croatia

The author analyses data about the present social situation in Croatia and the state of social policy reforms. The indicators of social situation are very unfavourable as a result of a decade of dramatic changes: very high level of unemployment, high percentage of retired persons, growing social inequality, permanent financial crisis of social security systems. In the second part of his paper the author describes recently initiated or planned social policy reforms in the sectors of old age pension systems, health care, protection of the unemployed, social welfare, family policy, labour market and education policies