World Bank2012-06-122012-06-122008-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7868Sustained improvements in living standards depend on broad-based economic growth. This will only take place when firms improve worker productivity by investing in human and physical capital and increasing their technological capacity. But firms will only invest when the investment climate is favorable. The goal of the Bulgaria Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is to evaluate the investment climate in all its operational dimensions and to promote policies to strengthen the private sector. The ICA is largely based on results from the World Bank Enterprise Survey. The 1,000-firm survey was conducted in late 2007 and collects detailed information on firm performance, what managers see as the main obstacles that they face, and objective data on various aspects of the investment climate. Additional sources of information are used to supplement the survey data, including the World Bank's Doing Business Report, a study that provides detailed, comparable data on regulation across the world, data from the National Statistical Institute, and reports from the Government of Bulgaria, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the European Union, academics, and other sources.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO CREDITACCESS TO FINANCEACCESS TO LOANSACCOUNTINGACCREDITATIONADVISORY SERVICEAUDITORSAVAILABLE LOANBANK CREDITBANK FINANCINGBANKING CRISISBEST PRACTICEBEST PRACTICESBORROWINGBUSINESS ACTIVITIESBUSINESS INNOVATIONBUSINESS REGISTRATIONBUSINESS SECTORBUSINESS SERVICESBUYERSCALCULATIONSCAPABILITIESCAPITAL FLOWSCAPITAL FORMATIONCONSULTING SERVICESCONSUMERCONSUMER GOODSCONTRIBUTIONCORRUPTIONCOUNTRY COMPARISONSCURRENCYCURRENT ACCOUNTDEBTDEFICITSDIRECT INVESTMENTECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC GROWTHEFFECTIVE GOVERNANCEEMPLOYERSENTERPRISE POLICYENTERPRISE SURVEYENTERPRISE SURVEYSENTREPRENEURSENTREPRENEURSHIPEQUIPMENTEXCHANGE RATEEXPENDITURESEXPORT MARKETSFINANCESFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL INTERMEDIATIONFINANCIAL MEASURESFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SECTOR ASSESSMENTFINANCIAL SERVICESFISCAL POLICYFISCAL SURPLUSESFIXED ASSETSFIXED CAPITALFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN FIRMSFOREIGN INVESTMENTGLOBAL COMPETITIVENESSGLOBALIZATIONGOVERNMENT FINANCEGOVERNMENT FUNDINGGOVERNMENT POLICIESGOVERNMENT REVENUESGROWTH POTENTIALHOUSEHOLDSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN RESOURCESIMPACT ASSESSMENTINCOMEINCOME LEVELINDEBTEDNESSINDICATORS OF ACCESSINDUSTRIAL STRUCTUREINDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGYINFLATIONINFORMAL ECONOMYINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINNOVATIONINNOVATION POLICYINSPECTIONINSPECTIONSINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINVESTINGINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENTIPJOB CREATIONJOINT VENTURESKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYLABOR COSTSLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR FORCE SURVEYLABOR FORCE SURVEYSLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLARGE FIRMLARGE FIRMSLAWSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLICENSELICENSE FEELICENSESLIVING STANDARDSLOANMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMANAGEMENT SYSTEMMANUFACTURINGMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIESMARKET ECONOMICSNATIONAL BANKNATURAL RESOURCESNEW ENTRANTSNEW TECHNOLOGIESOPEN MARKETORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCEORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTUREOUTPUTSOVERDRAFTPHYSICAL CAPITALPOLICY ENVIRONMENTPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPRIVATE SECTORSPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC UTILITIESPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYQUALITY MANAGEMENTQUESTIONNAIRER&DRAPID GROWTHREAL ESTATEREAL INCOMERECEIPTSRECENT LOANSREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTREGULATORY REQUIREMENTSREGULATORY SYSTEMRELIABILITYRENTSRESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURERESPONSIBILITIESRESULTRESULTSRETAIL TRADERETIREMENTSALARIESSALARYSALESSECURITIESSENIORSMALLER ENTERPRISESSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONSSOFTWARE PIRACYSOURCE OF INFORMATIONSTANDARDIZATIONSTOCK MARKETSTOCK MARKET INDEXSUPERVISIONSUPPORT PROGRAMSTAX RATESTAXATIONTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTTECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTERM CREDITTRADE UNIONSTRANSITION ECONOMIESTRANSPORTTYPE OF LOANUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNIONUNSKILLED WORKERSURBAN ECONOMYVENTURE CAPITALWAGEWAGE COSTSWAGE GROWTHWAGESWORKER PRODUCTIVITYWORKING CAPITALWorld Bank10.1596/7868