ДО МИНИСТЕРСКИЯ СЪВЕТ НА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ МИНИСТЕРСТВОТО НА ТРУДА И СОЦИАЛНАТА ПОЛИТИКА СТАНОВИЩЕ ОТ ЕКСПЕРТЕН КЛУБ ЗА ИКОНОМИКА И ПОЛИТИКА (EKIP) ОТНОСНО: Проект на Постановление на Министерския съвет за изменение и допълнение на Правилника за прилагане на Закона за трудовата миграция и трудовата мобилност (ППЗТМТМ) УВАЖАЕМИ ГОСПОЖИ И ГОСПОДА, Във …
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Участниците в дискусията заключиха че има дефицит на подробни публични данни за работниците от трети страни От EKIP подчертахме икономическите рискове свързани с вноса на преобладаващо нискоквалифицирана работна ръка Данните сочат, че едва 2-3% от работниците от трети страни са висококвалифицирани От ИССИО подчертаха, че режимът за трудова миграция в …
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To answer this question, we must first answer the opposite - what are the great successes of the Transition? Because, somewhat paradoxically, its greatest successes also contain its greatest failures. The Transition in Bulgaria actually occurred only in 1997, after a period of severe economic cataclysm. The fact that ...
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This article is an excerpt from the new report of the EKIP on urban planning policy in Sofia, authored by Georgi Vuldjev and Teodor Karakolev, which will be officially published on 06.11.2018. In recent years in Sofia, we have been lucky enough to observe a visual comparative experiment between two approaches to attracting more investment, stimulating …
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Author: Lyubomir Alamanov I am using the tension surrounding Bansko and quickly recalling some basic principles in concession procedures. So, just for information: 1. A concession is a good tool for partnership between state and municipal administrations with private companies. 2. A concession is the provision of a state or municipal resource or property to a company called …
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On October 9, 2002, in its annual report, the European Commission recognized Bulgaria as a country with a functioning market economy. According to the EC's assessment, Bulgaria's progress in economic terms strengthened its position in the negotiations for membership in the European Union. Mainly thanks to this progress, five years later, in 2007 …
More »Do government investments produce economic growth? Nonsense! - part two
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More »Do government investments produce economic growth? Nonsense! - part one
“I am right-wing, but when it comes to investments, I don’t see a solution on the right. If a factory needs to be built in a place like Macedonia, for example, you can’t just rely on economic freedom and low taxes. Even if taxes were zero in Macedonia, investors would want to invest…
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A game of rich and poor “Nations sometimes do indeed manage to adopt efficient institutions and achieve prosperity, but alas, these are rare cases” Acemoglu and Robinson (2012)[1] The rich-poor contrast has always been a leading theme for many, and elevating it to the level of countries is a particularly thorny issue from an economic perspective. …
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