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17 години членство в ЕС: незадоволителните икономически резултати на България
17 Years Of EU Membership: Bulgaria’s Unsatisfactory Economic Results

Author(s): Vasil Gechev
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Economy, National Economy, Business Economy / Management, Sociology, Evaluation research, Economic development, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: economics; economic development; EU
Summary/Abstract: At the time of Bulgaria’s entry in the EU, Bulgarians’ expectations for substantial improvement in their standard of living were high. 17 years later, however, expectations and results are somewhat mismatched. Although after 2007 Bulgaria experienced a faster GDP-per-capita growth than the leading EU economies, in 2023 the differences between Bulgaria’s and their GDP-percapita values were higher than they were in 2007. The aim of this report is to explain the unfavourable development with Bulgaria’s competitiveness deficiencies and higher levels of corruption.

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