The Mission will submit the review to the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister, and the central bank's governor, and the conclusions will be put on the Internet for the public.
Mission chief Robert Feldman said the review would focus on activities aimed at stepping up economic growth on the principle of sustainability and at reducing economic vulnerability. He also spoke of business difficulties on the local level, especially in obtaining permits, difficulties with land books and judicial slowness.
Speaking of economic vulnerability, Feldman said it was primarily evident in the growing balance of payments deficit and external debt, which he added indicated that it was necessary to further reduce the fiscal deficit.
Feldman said Croatia should focus more on exports if it wanted to stimulate economic growth without increasing the external debt.
The chairman of the parliamentary committee, Dragutin Pukles, said one could not be too satisfied with what had been done, but that all trends referring to financial stabilisation had received a good assessment. He said economic growth depended on investment and that Croatia expected bigger direct investments.
Committee member Krunoslav Markovinovic spoke of the difficulties which foreign investors encountered, saying that good physical plans in local self-government units could help reduce them. He mentioned that the majority of investors chose Zagreb, which increased the investment price due to more expensive construction land.
Another committee member, Ljubo Jurcic, said the problem was in the institutional infrastructure and especially in disproportionate development.
Attending the meeting were also the IMF permanent representative to Croatia, Atanasios Vamvakidis, and the executive director in the Croatian National Bank's sector for international cooperation, Michel Faulend, parliament said in a press release.