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Bulgaria: Legal and Judicial Reform, Judicial Assessment
This report was written by Alex Iorio (Counsel, LEGEC) and Galina Mikhlin (Counsel, LEGEC) based on findings of a mission that visited Bulgaria in October 1998. Ms. Nancy Worthington (Consultant) participated in the mission and substantially contributed to this report. more »
 
Bulgaria’s Capital Markets in the Context of EU Accession: A Status Report
The objective of this report is to contribute to the discussion on the capital market reform in Bulgaria in preparation for eventual integration into the European Union. The report views the accession issue on two levels. more »
 
Corporate Governance and Control in Bulgaria - Summary Report by CSD team
At present, a few countries in the world can afford to ignore the problems related to corporate governance and control, still more if they are aiming to attract foreign investment. This is quite true for the transitional economies as well. The good corporate governance and control guarantees a benefit for shareholders, restrict the abuses and corruption, and, finally, it is a guarantee for economic growth and social progress. more »
 
Policy for Corporate Governance Development in Join-Stock Companies in Bulgaria - Policy Recommendation Paper by CSD team
The Policy Paper is aimed to assist the efforts of state institutions and market participants to analyze and improve the economic and legal conditions for development of corporate governance in Bulgaria. It proposes guidelines and specific recommendations for investors, joint-stock companies, stock exchange and all other organizations concerned with corporate governance. more »
 
Policy and Legal Environment for the Growth of the SME Sector in Bulgaria, January 1997
The Policy Forum aims to identify those factors that will improve the economic and legal environment for the growth of the small and medium sized enterprise ("SME") sector in Bulgaria. The forum has brought together some of the country’s most influential individuals, representing various institutional and independent bodies, to discuss the constraints that are hindering the development of the SME sector and to propose and review various recommendations to overcome these obstacles. The paper attached hereto is a compilation of those recommendations contributed and discussed at the forum. more »
 
Privatisation Funds - The Bulgarian Model, 1997
The privatisation funds are specific investment companies. In this sense as the first representatives of this type of economic entity they will have their own importance for capital market development in Bulgaria. In their role as instruments for 'mass' investment their establishment is associated with the application of the programme for mass privatisation. In addition, the privatisation funds are a separate group of issuers which will supply the capital market with "goods" (their own shares - although at the initial stage they are a little immobile) of which the quality will be determined by the funds' successful performance. more »
 
Institutional and Policy Framework for the Development of Capital Market in Bulgaria, September 1997
The existing legal and institutional framework and available technical facilities in the Bulgarian capital markets do not work very efficiently towards supporting a fully developed securities market. The necessary legislation, institutions and technical facilities must be put in place, so that, over time, a market will develop which will be able to absorb the volumes normal for a country of the size of Bulgaria and, potentially, international trades. The following discussion presents specific issues that need to be addressed, so that said purposes could be met. more »
 
Brain Drain from Central and Eastern Europe, April 1997
The project was carried out by research teams from the following transition countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia. Initially, Albania was included in the project, but the project coordinator left Albania and the contract could not start. Many difficulties were encountered in carrying out an international cross-country analysis on migration issues. more »
 
Privatization in Bulgaria: Pushing Forward
The Privatization Act was passed by the Bulgarian parliament in 1992, allowing privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to move forward. Since February 1993, when the first state-owned enterprise was privatized, privatization has slowly been gaining momentum in Bulgaria. Despite this progress, however, the environment in Bulgaria was anything but conducive to privatization until 1997. The economic and political situations were unstable, scaring off potential investors. High inflation, high interest rates, an unstable banking system, an undeveloped financial sector, and a volatile political environment were the rule. more »
 
Policy and Legal Environment for the Growth of the SME Sector in Bulgaria
The Policy Forum aims to identify those factors that will improve the economic and legal environment for the growth of the small and medium sized enterprise("SME") sector in Bulgaria. The forum has brought together some of the country's most influential individuals, representing various institutional and independent bodies, to discuss the constraints that are hindering the development of the SME sector and to propose and review various recommendations to overcome these obstacles. more »
 

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