World Bank2012-06-122012-06-122008-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7869Sustained 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 FINANCEACCESS TO FINANCINGACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCOUNTINGACCOUNTS RECEIVABLEACCREDITATIONADMINISTRATIVE COSTSANGEL NETWORKAPPLICATION PROCESSAUCTIONSAVERAGE GROWTHBANK CREDITBANK FINANCINGBANK LOANSBANKING CRISISBANKRUPTCYBENEFICIARYBEST PRACTICEBEST PRACTICESBUSINESS ACTIVITIESBUSINESS ANGELBUSINESS ASSOCIATIONSBUSINESS REGULATIONSBUSINESS SERVICESBUSINESSESBUYERSCAPABILITIESCAPABILITYCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL FORMATIONCAPITAL NEEDSCERTIFICATESCOLLABORATIONCOLLABORATIVE PROJECTSCOLLATERALCOMMERCIAL OPERATIONSCOMPANYCOMPARATOR COUNTRIESCOMPETITIVENESSCOMPETITORSCONFLICT OF INTERESTCONSULTING SERVICESCONTRIBUTIONCONTRIBUTION PAYMENTCONTRIBUTIONSCORRUPTIONCREDIT CONSTRAINTSCREDIT MARKETSCURRENCYCURRENT ACCOUNTCUSTOMSDEBTORDEBTORSDELIVERY TIMESDEVELOPMENT BANKECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICYECONOMIES OF SCALEEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELECTRICITYEMPLOYMENT GROWTHENFORCEMENT AGENCIESENTERPRISE POLICYENTERPRISE PROMOTIONENTERPRISE SURVEYENTERPRISE SURVEYSENTREPRENEURSENTREPRENEURSHIPEQUIPMENTEXPANSIONEXPENDITURESEXPORT MARKETSEXTENSION CENTERSFINANCIAL INTERMEDIATIONFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SECTOR ASSESSMENTFINANCIAL SUPPORTFIXED CAPITALFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN FIRMSFOREIGN INVESTMENTGLOBALIZATIONGOVERNMENT ENTITIESGOVERNMENT FUNDINGGOVERNMENT REGULATIONGOVERNMENT REGULATIONSHUMAN RESOURCESIMPACT ASSESSMENTIMPACT ASSESSMENTSINCOMEINCOME LEVELINCOME TAXINDUSTRIAL STRUCTUREINFLATIONINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINNOVATIONINNOVATION POLICYINSPECTIONINSPECTIONSINSTITUTIONINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSINTEREST RATESINTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICEINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINVESTINGINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENTINVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENTSINVESTMENT FIRMSJOB TRAININGKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE SURVEYLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLARGE ENTERPRISESLARGE FIRMSLEARNINGLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLICENSELICENSESLICENSINGLIVING STANDARDSLOANLOAN APPLICATIONMACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCEMANAGEMENT SYSTEMMANUFACTURINGMARKET CONDITIONSMARKET SEGMENTSNATIONAL BANKNEW TECHNOLOGIESNEW TECHNOLOGYOVERDRAFTOVERHEAD COSTSPHYSICAL CAPITALPOLICY FRAMEWORKPRIVATE CREDITPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPRIVATE SECTORSPROCUREMENTPRODUCTION PROCESSESPRODUCTIVITYPROJECT MANAGEMENTPUBLIC FUNDQUALITY MANAGEMENTQUESTIONNAIRER&DRAPID GROWTHREAL ESTATERECENT LOANREGISTRATION REQUIREMENTSREGISTRATION SYSTEMREGISTRYREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTSREGULATORY POLICYREGULATORY REFORMRESULTRESULTSRETAIL TRADESALARIESSECONDARY EDUCATIONSEED FUNDINGSENIORSINGLE IDSKILLED WORKERSSMALL ENTERPRISESSMALL FIRMSSMALLER FIRMSSMESOCIAL SCIENCESSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SERVICESOURCES OF FINANCESTAKEHOLDERSTAKEHOLDERSSTANDARDIZATIONSTART-UPSTART-UP COSTSTART-UPSSUPPLIERSUPPLIERSSUPPLY CHAINSUPPORT PROGRAMSTAX CONCESSIONSTAX INCENTIVESTAX RATESTAXATIONTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTTECHNICAL COOPERATIONTECHNICAL EXPERTISETECHNICAL EXPERTSTECHNICAL RESOURCESTECHNICAL STAFFTECHNICAL TRAININGTECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTTECHNOLOGY DIFFUSIONTECHNOLOGY PARKTECHNOLOGY PARKSTECHNOLOGY SUPPORTTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTRAINING PROGRAMTRAINING PROGRAMSTRANSLATIONTYPE OF INVESTMENTUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENTUNFAIR COMPETITIONUNIONUSERSVALUE CHAINSVENTURE CAPITALVENTURE CAPITAL FUNDVENTURE CAPITAL FUNDSVERIFICATIONWAGEWAGESWORKING CAPITALWORTHWorld Bank10.1596/7869