increase the impact of science and innovation. Part one of the policy note provides an assessment of Bulgaria's innovation …, benchmarking Bulgaria relative to comparator countries; (ii) the characteristics of innovation activities in Bulgaria's private …This policy note provides a detailed assessment of Bulgaria's innovative capacity and offers policy recommendations to …

Local innovation refers to the dynamics of IK - the knowledge that grows within a social group, incorporating learning … of thinking and doing. Local innovation is the process through which individuals or groups discover or develop new and …

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 …

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 …