This is how he responded when asked to comment on a report of the World Economic Forum (WEF), carried by some media, which listed Croatia among countries with the least efficient governments.
Saying he still has not had an opportunity to look at the WEF report, Grcic said that in some other, very relevant rankings such as the World Bank's Doing Business report, Croatia had moved up by 25 positions.
"This is also, most definitely, a result of the work of this government," Grcic told the press.
The Doing Business report, in which Croatia's ranking is relatively good, is widely accepted, Grcic said, adding that in his opinion Croatia would make progress in this year's report as well.
Some local media reported on Tuesday that the Croatian government was among the least efficient governments in the world, citing the latest WEF report.
The media were citing a subindex called "government efficiency," which is an integral part of the Global Competitiveness Index, which WEF released in September 2014.
In that report, Croatia is ranked 77th of the 144 countries according to the Global Competitiveness Index, and the second best ranked country in Southeast Europe.
According to the government efficiency subindex, Croatia was ranked 139th. The report, however, stressed that Croatia had a good infrastructure, as well as benefits from a relatively high level of education. The report also notes that Croatia is open to foreign trade cooperation, has low customs tariffs and good customs procedure. According to the report, Croatian companies and citizens use information and communications technologies much more than its neighbours in the region.
Paul Muggeridge of WEF released on the forum's blog on Monday the lists of the most and the least efficient governments in the world, citing WEF's last year's figures on competitiveness, namely the government efficiency subindex.
According to him, the most efficient are the governments of Qatar, Singapore, Finland, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Rwanda, Malaysia, Switzerland and Luxembourg. The least efficient are the governments of Venezuela, Italy, Argentina, Lebanon, Libya, Croatia, Angola, Chad, Mauritania and Serbia.
The World Economic Forum's annual Global Competitiveness Report evaluates the efficiency of 144 of the world's governments on measures including the wastefulness of government spending, burden of regulation and transparency of policymaking, to produce an overall global ranking.