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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 »
 
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 »
 
Approximation of Bulgarian to EU Legislation: Protection of Competition, Protection of Intellectual Property and Right of Establishment, August 1995
The significance of the harmonisation of legislation of the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe (ACCEE) with the legislation of the European Community (EC) was already underlined by the European Council in Copenhagen (21-22 July 1993). The approximation of the Bulgarian legislation with that of the EC is one of the fundamental tasks of the strategy for the preparation of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe to join the Union, adopted at the meeting of the European Council in Essen on 9-10 December 1994. more »
 
Trade Policy in the Context of Bulgaria’s Accession to the European Union, August 1995
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 »
 
Debt Conversion Program: Guidelines for Bulgaria, June 1995
The economic changes of the past years in Eastern Europe and particularly in Bulgaria have created a new environment for the international business. Despite the serious economic, financial and structural challenges, Bulgaria's potential for privatization, industrial modernization and rapid economic growth are unprecedented. more »
 
Debt Conversion Program: Guidlines for Bulgaria, Final Study, by Mariana Todorova and CSD Team, June 1995
The economic changes of the past years in Eastern Europe and particularly in Bulgaria have created a new environment for the international business. Despite the serious economic, financial and structural challenges, Bulgaria's potential for privatization, industrial modernization and rapid economic growth are unprecedented. more »
 
Legal Aspects of the Private Sector in Bulgaria, March 1995
Following the socialist revolution in 1944, the legal system and legislation served the purpose of fortifying the economic framework of socialist society. A number of laws adopted in the first years of socialism put public property and socialist planned economy in the foreground. Private property was rejected and certain laws were passed stipulating the expropriation of private means of production, the collectivization of farm land, and finally, the nationalization of personal property of citizens - housing, and others. more »
 
Recommendations to Facilitate Expanded Economic Relations Between Bulgaria and the United States, January 1995
The recommendation presented in this document were developed by the Center for the Study of Democracy, based on discussions held during the Bulgarian-American Economic Cooperation Forum, and subsequent consultations with a variety of the participants. These recommendations do not necessary reflect the views of the Bulgarian and American institutions represented at the forum. more »
 
Development of the Private Sector in Bulgaria, by Daniela Bobeva and CSD Team, 1995
The current study aims at presenting the general tendencies in the development of the Bulgarian private sector shortly before the reforms and during the so called "transition to a market economy" in order to substantiate some basic recommendations regarding the policy in this area. The study makes use of all possible sources of information: National Statistical Institute's monthly data, current statistical surveys, representative studies of the private sector, balance sheets and P&L statements of state and private companies, sociological studies, the Business register of Bulgaria, documents and articles in the mass media, as well as CSD own research. more »
 

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