Bulgaria and the World Bank on agricultural market institutions, this paper presents evidence that performance in food markets … improved following significant policy reforms in Bulgaria, although public institutions remained weak. This suggests that even …

"This paper analyzes the process of institutional transformation in Bulgaria and assesses the extent to which it has … dimensions. The external dimension relates to backbone services facilitating trade and Bulgaria's trade policies. As far as the … latter are concerned, the discussion highlights tensions that emerge from duality-regional versus multilateral-in Bulgaria …

"This paper looks at Bulgaria's industrial restructuring through the lenses of its evolving specialization in … can be summarized as follows: (1) Developments in Bulgaria's exports, its major drivers and factor content, during the … transition economies that have stayed the reform course. (2) The evolution of Bulgaria's total exports in terms of factor …

The study is the first-ever Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (PEIR) on Bulgaria by the World Bank. It … institutional framework. Bulgaria has made substantial progress toward long-term macroeconomic stability, but important challenges … analyses the institutional challenges in public expenditure management. …

assistance recipients and other highly disadvantaged groups in Bulgaria. The report starts by providing an overview of recent …, in particular. Chapter two describes and analyses the institutional setting for the design and implementation of Bulgaria …

enabling environment that transforms the solid waste management sector in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania. The EU …The European Union (EU) sets the policy framework for municipal solid waste management that drives reform initiatives …. Various directives establish the legal framework for solid waste management; provide specifics, and an implementation …

Although Bulgaria now implements the European Union's (EU's) "common" agricultural policy (CAP), national policymakers … not missed. The major challenge facing Bulgaria's rural sector is the significant fragmentation of land ownership and the … highly polarized farming structure. As of 2003, there were 665,500 agricultural holdings operating in Bulgaria. About 75 …