WORLD BANK WANTS TO STRENGTHEN MARKET ECONOMY IN CROATIA

ZAGREB, Oct 14 (Hina) - The Croatian Government's Office for Economics and Restructuring of Public Companies has signed an agreement with the "Arthur Andersen" company on consultation services in analyzing and auditing the business operations of Croatian public companies. The head of the Office, Dunja Vidosevic, said on Monday that the Office was responsible for finalizing studies on the Kutina- based fertilizer-manufacturing plant of the INA oil company and INA's refineries, and for organizing consultation services in analyzing the financial performance of companies. She added that consultants should do their job by March 1997. The World Bank has granted US$ 500,000 for the implementation of this project to strengthen the market economy in Croatia, said the "Arthur Andersen" director for Croatia, Reinhold Kuffer. (hina) vm mm 141414 MET oct 96