Continuing economic breakdowns of a country have often been associated with some kind of organized crime or corruption.The author chooses to address this issue by looking into the historical development of the informal institutions, considered to be influencing the reform process of the Croatia.By looking into the historical economic development of the Split-Dalmatian region potential enforcement mechanisms have been identified.Question remains, can this path be changed in order for such countries to experience socio-economic progress and what possibly can be done towards that direction.

Gorana Johansson studied social science att the Blekinge Tekniska Högskolan;born in Croatia with residence in Sweden.Her interest in socio-economic development derives from Croatian frequent media association with corruption and country´s inability to show faster socio-economic progress. Her ambition is to work with regional developmental projects.