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Exploring the Financial State of Bulgarian SOEs

Author: / 2016-10-10

The financial position of SOEs as a whole has remained bad in recent years - profits are falling, returns are low and even negative in the top ten enterprises and the indebtedness of major players is growing rapidly.

Why Does the Fight Against Corruption in Bulgaria not Give Results

Author: Lubomir Avdjiiski / 2016-07-18

It wouldn’t be exaggerated to say that corruption is the Number 1 problem of Bulgaria in a political, economic and social aspect. According to a recent study of the European Parliament, Bulgaria loses between 14 and 22 percent of its GDP every year due to corruption practices. Taking into consideration the scale of the problem in Bulgaria and its sustainability in time, the Institute for Market Economics (IME) has decided to analyze the anticorruption policies in the country, as well as the institutions dedicated to fighting and preventing corruption.

The Successes and Failures of Bulgarian Municipalities

Author: / 2016-06-15

Close to 70% of the expenses of Bulgarian municipalities can be classified as „failures”, while only 5% can be considered successful. The rest, about a quarter of the activities, the execution of which doesn’t allow for a classification for either category, are considered as “unclassified”. This is shown by an in-depth IME review of the audit reports of the Bulgarian National Audit Office. The reports contain data for 83 municipalities and their expenses for over 6 billion BGN for the 2011-2014 period.

Analysis by IME: Management and Budget of the Judiciary

Author: / 2016-06-15

Between the years 2000 and 2016 the budget of the judiciary has increased 5.5 times compared with a threefold increase of the state budget for the same period. At the same time Bulgaria ranks second in terms of the number of magistrates per capita among all EU member states. These statistics have provoked the Institute for Market Economics to produce an analysis of the budget and overall resource management of the judiciary. The aim of this analysis is to determine the effectiveness of resource management in the judiciary and also the transparency and rationality of the budgeting process.

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Exploring the Financial State of Bulgarian SOEs

Why Does the Fight Against Corruption in Bulgaria not Give Results

The Successes and Failures of Bulgarian Municipalities

Analysis by IME: Management and Budget of the Judiciary

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