Labor productivity levels in Bulgaria lag well behind that in the EU, weighing on the convergence process. Stronger … productivity growth would allow Bulgaria to close the income gap with the EU average more quickly and to alleviate the structural … productivity suggest that for Bulgaria closing the gap with EU standards in the areas of institutional and infrastructure quality …

Absolute poverty has dropped markedly in Bulgaria but income inequality has increased substantially in the aftermath of …

The study examines the effect of health care reform in Bulgaria in 1999 on the equity of health care financing. It …

Rapid credit growth in Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine has been driven by successful macroeconomic stabilization, robust … been excessive, as evidenced by widening current account deficits in Bulgaria and Romania, and prudential concerns in …

We examine industrial output in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Romania during 1989–95 in terms of pretransitional …