BULGARIAN STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES ON THE VERGE OF THE EU ACCESSION

Ivan Angelov

Economic Annals, 2007, vol. 52, issue 174-175, 101-130

Abstract: The article argues for the necessity of catch-up economic development in Bulgaria over the next years and decades. Characteristics of normal and accelerated catch-up development and their driving forces are given. 15 strengths on the verge of the EU accession, along with more than 40 weaknesses are identified and briefly characterised in economic terms. Some suggestions for future policies regarding most of the weaknesses are made. The article demonstrates that the weaknesses of the Bulgarian economy have been accumulated for many decades and that it is not dully prepared for proper EU accession. However, the articlet supports the accession and proves that there is no alternative to the EU accession and the catch-up develepoment. Unrolling the two processes in parallel corresponds in the best way to Bulgarian vital national interests.

Keywords: Bulgarian economy; EU accession; catch-up development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 F43 O19 O52 P52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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