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Introduction
Academic interest:
-trade and integration theory
-trends in international trade (specifically Bulgarian and Sub-Saharan African, as well as global developments)
-regional integration arrangements (with a special focus on African regional economic integration and the current processes of European integration)
-economic development in Africa and the continent’s relations with the EU and Bulgaria specifically
-regional development
-recent developments in economic theory
-scientific methodology
Current institution
Additional affiliations
October 2019 - September 2020
February 2016 - present
Position
- Professor (Associate)
Description
- Courses in Development Economics, International Trade, Marketing in International Business, Public Economics, European Economic Integration, International and European Standards, Business Negotiations, International Marketing Strategies, Strategic Marketing Management, Marketing Forecasting and Planning, Introduction to Economics, Microeconomics, Strategic Marketing, Market Organization, Market Structures and Analyses, Managerial Economics
November 2014 - present
MPRA (Munich Personal RePEc Archive)
Position
- Editor
Education
March 2014 - June 2014
Economic Research Institute at BAS
Field of study
- Applied Statistics
October 2013 - October 2015
Висшето училище по застраховане и финанси, Economic Research Institute at BAS
Field of study
- Interdisciplinary training program “Business engineering”
September 2013 - December 2013
Economic Research Institute at BAS
Field of study
- Scientific Research Methodology
Publications
Publications (132)
The pursuit of sustainable development in Africa is becoming increasingly critical in light of the exacerbation of environmental vulnerabilities resulting from climate change. Despite contributing less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the continent faces significant challenges, including droughts and energy access issues that threaten ec...
The aim of this study is to systematize the main advantages and difficulties in the use of game elements in entrepreneurship education. It will examine the expected effects of their application on the quality of education and the level of skills acquired. The first part discusses the need to rethink the way in which entrepreneurship education is co...
For years, a number of researchers have questioned whether there is an implicit impulse for protectionism hidden behind the tariff and non-tariff liberalization clauses put forward in all new EU agreements, as well as in the Union's participation in various formats of multilateral trade negotiations. On the other hand, the introduction of protectio...
The article discusses the connection between the theory and practice of economic integration and some observed structural changes in the global economy. This study derives a new typology of integration agreements and proposes a new, expanded theoretical framework for economic integration, including a new "three-dimensional" understanding of integra...
The EU has one of the strongest competition protection systems in the world, which also applies to non-EU companies operating on the Single market. The new structural challenges faced by the EU competition policy require a reassessment of its role in transforming European industry and addressing new issues arising from the specifics of the digital...
Changes in the global economic environment in recent years have highlighted the fact that in many countries the sources of growth are not well utilized, thus highlighting the need for better measurement of economic performance, including critical elements to sustainable economic development. The EU Regional Competitiveness Index is the first multi-...
The chapter assesses the impact of regional trade integration in COMESA, SADC and EAC on exports of goods and services of member countries. We have adapted the gravity model of trade using a cross-country regression approach and data for the period 2000-2017 to assess how trade among member countries is facilitated since joining regional trade agre...
The article examines Bulgaria's trade relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), analyzing the dynamics, geographical and commodity structure of trade with these countries. The aim of the study is to present a brief but comprehensive analysis of Bulgaria's trade relations with the UAE to outline the opportunities for Bulgarian business that thi...
The article analyzes the growing demand and the formation of internal value chains in China and other developing countries. In this regard, the change in the place of developing economies in the global economy is summarized, after which the trends in exports of developed and developing countries are discussed. The structural transformations in the...
One of the main reasons for the changes that have taken place in the current global system of international economic relations in recent years is the long-standing lack of progress in the multilateral regulation of world trade within the World Trade Organization (WTO), which is driving countries to search for other ways to promote trade and create...
Austria is one of the wealthiest and most stable countries in Europe. The country is one of the traditional and important trade and economic partners of Bulgaria. The study presents and analyzes the main trends in Austria's foreign trade in general and in particular – in the country's trade with Bulgaria for the period 2004-2018 in terms of trade f...
The EU is a region of productive but already relatively intensive agriculture with an array of unresolved environmental issues, and is currently a net exporter in terms of economic value in the agriculture and food sector. Given the challenges it appears that the European Union and its member states are uniquely suited to spearhead the challenge to...
The Regional competitiveness index is the first measure of the degree of competitiveness at regional level covering all EU countries and their regions. The paper presents briefly a literature review on measuring regional competitiveness, as well as the methodological frame of the RCI and then applies it to Yuzhen Centralen Region. The results show...
Along with the dynamic transformations associated with the failure of multilateralism, changes in global demand patterns, the return to protectionism and the integration of emerging economies into global markets, global trade is undergoing dynamic changes related to the search for greater economic efficiency through the use of global value chains....
The Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area entered into force on 30 May 2019 and on 9 July all countries on the continent joined it. If the massive deal works as hoped, it will connect 1.3 Billion people, create a 3.4 Trillion USD economic bloc, and heat up commerce within the continent itself. The article aims at tracing th...
The study aims to analyze the changes in Bulgarian international trade for the period 2004-2019. Firstly it summarizes the general trends in dynamics of the country’s trade flows in terms of value and volume, then it assesses the economy’s dependence on international trade. The study then presents an analysis of the direction of Bulgarian trade and...
Along with the dynamic transformations associated with the failure of multilateralism, changes in global demand patterns, the return to protectionism and the integration of emerging economies into global markets, global trade is undergoing dynamic changes related to the search for greater economic efficiency through the use of global value chains....
През 2020 г. светът преминава през нов, невиждан досега шок – пандемичната криза с COVID 19, която оказва влияние върху всички аспекти на развитието – демографски, социални, икономически, търговски и т.н. Изследването проследява въздействието на пандемията върху международната търговия в световен мащаб, след което обобщава тенденциите във външната...
Along with the dynamic transformations associated with the failure of multilateralism, the transformation of global demand patters and the return to protectionism, global trade is undergoing dynamic changes related to the fragmentation of the production process and the integration of emerging economies into global markets. These trends have an impa...
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected every state in the globe in varying degrees, and since it is still ongoing the long term impact is yet to be seen. The economic, social, technological and power gap between the global north and global south is likely to grow wider the longer the pandemic goes. While the pandemic has not wreaked the havoc (fatality...
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided that the Swedish National Bank Prize for Excellence in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2020 will be awarded to Paul Milgram and Robert Wilson "for improvements in auction theory and the creation of new auction formats". Paul R. Milgram1 was born in 1948 in Detroit, USA. He received h...
The focus is placed on one of the fastest developing industries in the Bulgarian Economy – outsourcing. The main aim is to analyse the existence, strength and features of the relationship between some specific characteristics of outsourcing management and work satisfaction and motivation through an empirical study conducted in one of the leading IT...
The article summarizes the historical development of the European policy on migration since the establishment of the European Economic Community. The study introduces a classification of five stages of development based on the extent and deepness of the policy’s communitarization and the ways decisions in this field are being taken. Based on the di...
The study discusses the trends on the EU electrical energy market and compares them with the dynamics of electricity production, consumption and trade in Bulgaria. The first section analyses the global trends in electricity production, consumption and trade. The second section presents the electrical energy market in the EU paying special attention...
The article focuses on one of the fastest developing industries in Bulgarian Economy – outsourcing. The main aim of the study is to analyze the existence, strength and features of the relation between some specific characteristics of outsourcing management and work satisfaction and motivation through an empirical study in one of the leading IT outs...
The paper firstly presents Bulgarian participation in development cooperation to disclose the motivation for studying the relation between aid and trade. The main section summarizes some insights from economic theory literature on the rationale and the potential economic gains of development assistance donors as well as the findings of a number of...
The Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area entered into force on 30 May 2019 and on 9 July all countries on the continent joined it. If the Agreement works as hoped, it will connect 1.3 Billion people, create a 3.4 Trillion USD economic bloc, and heat up commerce within the continent itself. The paper aims at tracing the pro...
Marketing is one of the fastest growing areas of academic and practical economics in recent decades. Like any academic discipline that focuses primarily on real-world application, the connection between theory and practice is extremely strong in marketing, and very often the practice is ahead of the theory. This is true because, eventhough the theo...
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2019 Swedish National Bank Prize for Excellence in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to tackling global poverty". Abhijit Banerjee1 was born in 1961 in Mumbai, India. He defended his PhD thes...
В наскоро завършено изследване екип от учени от Института за икономически изследвания при БАН разглежда икономическите аспекти на демографските и миграционните процеси в България и ЕС.
Екипът е с ръководител проф. д.ик.н. Росица Рангелова, проф. д-р Даниела Бобева, гл. ас. д-р Едуард Маринов, гл. ас. д-р Димитър Златинов и гл. ас. д-р Валентин Бил...
The international scientific workshop “Bulgaria and Romania: Member Countries of the EU, Part of the Global Economy” was held on the 10th of December 2018 at the Economic Research Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (ERI-BAS) in Sofia, Bulgaria. The worshop was organized by the International Economics Department at the ERI-BAS and the In...
The study briefly presents some of the geographic and historical specifics of the Sub-Saharan region. It then analyses the main demographic, economic and trade features which determine its dynamic development and the great interest expressed by the main players in global economy.
The study aims to assess the impact of Bulgaria’s accession to the EU and of the Global financial crisis through an analysis of the changes in the country’s international trade for the period 2004-2016. Firstly it summarizes the general trends in dynamics of the country’s trade flows in terms of value and volume, then it assesses the economy’s depe...
The Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area entered into force on 30 May 2019 and on 9 July all countries on the continent joined it. It marks a significant milestone in the process of African integration which started as soon as the countries on the continent gained their independence. If the massive deal works as hoped, it...
The paper presents the main features of different forms of immigration - refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, illegal migrants, economic migrants, stateless persons, trying to give a definition to the different categories of migrants based on the international and national legal practice. It then summarizes the acting in Bulgaria legal basis for the...
The study briefly presents some of the geographic and historical specifics of the Sub-Saharan region. It then analyses the main demographic, economic and trade features which determine its dynamic development and the great interest expressed by the main players in global economy.
The impact of Bulgaria’s accession to the EU and that of the Global financial crisis are assessed through an analysis of the changes in the country’s international trade for the period 2004-2016. Firstly, the general trends in the dynamics of the country’s trade flows in terms of value and volume are summarized, and then, the economy’s dependence o...
As noted in many studies of development aid there are many reasons why one might expect to observe a correlation between aid and trade flows from a donor to a particular recipient. The paper firstly presents Bulgarian participation in development cooperation to disclose the motivation for studying the relation between aid and trade. The main sectio...
The main characteristics of the companies carrying out and exhibiting interest in trade with Sub-Saharan Africa are identified based on the analysis of a representative survey of Bulgarian enterprises. In order to deepen and streamline the results obtained and to formulate adequate recommendations to the companies and the government for the future...
The article aims at summarizing the trade prospects for Bulgaria of the region of Sub-Saharan Africa by analyzing the commodity structure international trade. To achieve this firstly it presents Bulgarian trade with Sub-Saharan countries summarizing the trade flow dynamics for the 2003-2015 period and the share of Sub-Saharan Africa in Bulgarian in...
The paper aims at disclosing the existing and potential competitive niches for Bulgarian exports to Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). To achieve this it firstly presents the trends in the dynamics of Bulgarian exports to the region for the period 2003-2015. Then it analyses the commodity structure of exports and the main export destinations. Finally the pa...
The study aims to assess the impact of Bulgaria’s accession to the EU and of the Global financial crisis through an analysis of the changes in the country’s international trade for the period 2004-2016. Firstly it summarizes the general trends in dynamics of the country’s trade flows in terms of value and volume, then it assesses the economy’s depe...
The aim of the paper is to analyse the changes in the dynamics of Bulgarian international trade before and after EU accession. To achieve this it studies the main trends in the dynamics of the value and volume of trade flows, the openness of the economy, the value and share of trade with other EU member states and third countries and the terms of t...
Bulgaria could take advantage of its obligations within the EU Development Policy in pursuit of its foreign and economic policy objectives. The paper first discusses some insights from the economic theory related to development aid in terms of the motivation and potential economic benefits for donor countries. It then analyses the responsibilities,...
The paper briefly discusses whether the concept of the new framework of EU Common trade policy is rather liberalizing or implicitly protectionist. Without claiming to give specific answers the paper raises some questions regarding the process of EU trade policy development, the scope of new trade agreements, the relations between Global North and G...
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Swedish National Bank Prize for Excellence in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel to Richard Thaler "for his contributions to behavioural economics". Richard Thaler1 was born on 12 September 1945 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He defended his doctoral thesis on 'How much does...
The book presents to its readers a brief, yet comprehensive analysis of Bulgaria’s trade relations with Sub-Saharan African countries aiming to outline the opportunities for Bulgarian business revealed by this relatively unknown in our country region, which is quite neglected in the last decades.
The publication is prepared within project “Opportu...
The diversification of international markets and the direction towards regions which were neglected and evaded as risky could be a powerful factor in the search for growth acceleration and overcoming recession. The article aims at summarizing the trade prospects of one such region – Sub-Saharan Africa, by analyzing the direction of international tr...
The paper firstly discusses the development of the institutional framework of trade relations between the EU and Vietnam. It then presents briefly the main features of the EU-Vietnam FTA. Finally some conclusions are drawn on the opportunities and prospects which the Agreement presents to Bulgaria.
The article aims at disclosing the potential of Sub-Saharan Africa as a possible market for the diversification of Bulgarian international trade. It firstly presents the region of Sub-Saharan Africa from and economic perspective. Then it summarizes the trends in Bulgaria’s trade relations with the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, analyzing trade dy...
The article aims at presenting the prospects for trade between Bulgaria and Sub-Saharan Africa by analyzing the direction of international trade with the region. To achieve this firstly it presents Bulgarian trade with Sub-Saharan countries summarizing the trade flow dynamics for the 2003-2015 period, the share of Sub-Saharan Africa in Bulgarian in...
The article aims at presenting the prospects for trade between Bulgaria and Sub-Saharan Africa by analyzing the direction of international trade with the region. To achieve this firstly it presents Bulgarian trade with Sub-Saharan countries summarizing the trade flow dynamics for the 2003-2015 period, the share of Sub-Saharan Africa in Bulgarian in...
The paper aims at analysing if Bulgaria utilises the benefits of the participation in the Common Commercial Policy of the European Union (EU) by studying the dynamics of Bulgarian trade with countries which have concluded preferential trade agreements (PTAs) with the EU.
Economic theory states that PTAs should increase the volume of bilateral trad...
This chapter analyzes the patterns, dynamics, and relations between development aid and international trade of the European Union (EU) and China with Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries for the period 2000–2012. It summarizes some theoretical insights on the relation between international trade and development aid. Then it discusses the dynamics an...
The study analyses the patterns, dynamics and relations between development aid and international trade of the European Union (EU) and China with Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries for the period 2000-2012. It summarizes some theoretical insights on the relation between international trade and development aid. Then it discusses the dynamics and tr...
The article aims at synthesizing the main features of Bulgarian enterprises which trade with Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as of those who are interested in the region. Firstly the article presents briefly the current state of Bulgaria’s trade's relations with sub-Saharan Africa. Based on a representative survey of 1000 Bulgarian companies, the study...
As the process of ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement is almost complete, the article aims at disclosing the prospects which the FTA provides for Bulgaria. The article firstly presents some insights from economic literature on the benefits of Free trade agreements. It then discusses the development of the institutional framework of...
Учебно помагало по публична икономика.
Помагалото по „Икономика на публичния сектор“ дава знания за аналитичните подходи и методите за оценка и оптимизиране на ролята на държавата за функционирането на икономиката.
Книгата преследва две основни цели. На първо място, да представи систематизирани знания за основните концепции и базовите идеи, чрез ко...
Учебно помагало по европейска икономическа интеграция.
Книгата представя на вниманието на читателите кратък, но широкообхватен обзор на процесите на европейска икономическа интеграция, протичащи след Втората световна война, като основната цел е да те да бъдат представени от икономическа перспектива.
Тази книга прави опит да даде преглед на общата...
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Swedish National Bank Prize for Excellence in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström "for their contributions to contract theory". Oliver Hart was born on 9 October 1949 in London, UK. He received his PhD in 1974 from Princeton University, USA.
The article briefly presents the concept and framework of regional integration in Africa. It then discusses the principles, history, and current state of negotiations to disclose the effects of EPAs on regional integration efforts in Africa. Then it analyses the trends in international trade relations between the EU and the five EPA regions in Afri...
The importance of African countries, especially Sub-Saharan ones, to Bulgaria is determined by the increasing role of the region in both global economy and policy, as well as its immense economic potential and natural resources. The paper discusses Bulgaria’s international trade relations with the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The first section...
The article presents the main features of EU’s trade relations with African Economic Partnership Agreements regions. The time frame of the study is 2003-2013. The analysis includes the dynamics, direction and commodity structure of trade flows. The article summarises the trends in EU’s trade relations with African Economic Partnership Agreements re...
The paper presents the main features of trade relations between Central and East Europe (CEE) and Sun-Saharan Africa (SSA). The main focus is on trade with countries within the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) framework. The timeframe under review is 2003-2013. The first section presents the main features of EU trade relations with African EPA...
The diversification of international markets and the direction towards regions which were neglected and evaded as risky could be a powerful factor in the search for growth acceleration and overcoming recession. The paper aims at summarizing the potential of trade with one such region – Sub-Saharan Africa, by providing an EU comparison of Bulgarian...
The Regional competitiveness index is the first measure of the degree of competitiveness at regional level covering all EU countries and their regions. The paper presents briefly the methodological frame of the RCI and then applies it to Bulgarian and Romanian NUTS 2 regions. The results achieved show the relative ranking of the two countries and t...
In recent years, Sub-Saharan Africa largely relegated from the priority areas of Bulgarian foreign policy. However, the importance of the region to Bulgaria is determined by its increasing role in both global economy and policy, as well as its immense economic potential and natural resources. The article presents briefly the current state of Bulgar...
The paper presents some insights from economic literature on the nature of regional economic integration, its types, stages and institutional framework. The author develops a typology to distinguish regional economic integration agreements and applies it to over 60 existing agreements to classify them into the respective stage of the integration pr...
In recent years, Africa largely relegated from the priority areas of Bulgarian foreign policy. However, the im-portance of the region to Bulgaria is determined by its increasing role in both global economy and policy, as well as its immense economic potential and natural resources. Based on a representative survey of 1000 Bul-garian companies, the...
With the development of digital technology and especially the possibilities for electronic publishing Open access publishing is becoming more and more a global phenomenon. Open access means unrestricted online access to scholarly research and research data. The paper presents the common definitions, the types and vehicles for delivering Open access...
With the development of digital technology and especially the possibilities for electronic publishing Open access publishing is becoming more and more a global phenomenon. Open access means unrestricted online access to scholarly research and research data. The paper presents the common definitions, the types and vehicles for delivering Open access...
The paper briefly presents the concept and framework of regional integration in Africa. It then discusses the principles, history, and current state of negotiations to disclose the effects of EPAs on regional integration efforts in Africa. Then it analyses the trends in international trade relations between the EU and the five EPA regions in Africa...
The paper presents the main issues discussed at the international conference “EU Trade Policy at the Crossroads: between Economic Liberalism and Democratic Challenges” which was held on 4-6 February 2016 at the C3-Centre for International Development in Vienna, Austria. The conference aimed at contributing to the trade policy debate by promoting a...
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African Community and the Southern Africa Development Community are three of the eight regional economic communities that are recognized by the African Union as building blocks of the African Economic Community. The three RECs recently concluded the negotiations to establish the Tripartite...
The paper presents the main issues discussed at the international conference “EU Trade Policy at the Crossroads: between Economic Liberalism and Democratic Challenges” which was held on 4-6 February 2016 at the C3-Centre for International Development in Vienna, Austria. The conference aimed at contributing to the trade policy debate by promoting a...
The importance of African countries, especially Sub-Saharan ones, to Bulgaria is determined by the increasing role of the region in both global economy and policy, as well as its immense economic potential and natural resources. Bulgaria’s policy towards African countries is based on one hand on the traditionally good relations with many of them, a...
The policy for cooperation with developing countries is new to Bulgaria as in the course of the transition over the past two decades assistance to these countries could not be a foreign policy priority for obvious reasons. On the other hand, relations between Bulgaria and many of these countries in the decades before left a lasting mark in many of...
The study analyses the changes in Bulgaria’s direction of trade with goods in the period 2003-2013 – before and after the country’s EU accession, aiming to assess the impact of EU membership on the geographic orientation of the country’s foreign trade. The study analyses total trade flows, the volume of intra-EU trade as well as trade with specific...
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Swedish National Bank Prize for Excellence in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Angus Deaton for his "analysis of consumption, poverty and welfare". Angus Deaton was a British and American citizen, born in 1945 in Edinburgh, UK. He received his PhD in 1975 from Cambridge Un...
The paper analyses the changes in Bulgaria’s direction of trade with goods in the period 2003-2013 – before and after the country’s EU accession, aiming to assess the impact of EU membership on the geographic orientation of the country’s foreign trade. The paper analyses total trade flows, the volume of intra-EU trade as well as trade with specific...
The policy for cooperation with developing countries is new to Bulgaria as in the course of the transition over the past two decades assistance to these countries could not be a foreign policy priority for obvious reasons. On the other hand, relations between Bulgaria and many of these countries in the decades before left a lasting mark in many of...
The main objective of the book is to analyse and assess the state of art and dynamics of international trade relations between the EU and the Regional economic communities in Africa.
The study briefly presents the complex framework and the development of integration processes in Africa discussing in more detail those communities that are recognise...
The paper summarises the main conclusions of an individual research project realised by the author which is part of the research programme of the Economic Research Institute at BAS and was carried out in the period March 2014 – September 2015. Within the study the overall economic situation of regional economic communities in Africa is assessed by...
The paper presents a theoretical framework for the assessment of the progress and success po-tential of regional integration agreements among developing countries taking into account their spe-cific features such as stage of economic development, size of the economy, openness to the global economy, trade regimes and the patterns in their internatio...
The paper presents the main features of trade relations between South and East Europe (SEE) and Sun-Saharan Africa (SSA). The main focus is on trade with countries within the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) framework. The timeframe under review is 2003-2013. The first section presents the main features of EU trade relations with African EPA r...
The importance of African countries, especially of sub-Saharan ones, to Bulgaria is determined by the increasing role of the region in both global economy and policy, as well as its immense economic potential and natural resources. Bulgaria’s policy towards African countries is based on one hand on the traditionally good relations with many of them...
Regional integration is often viewed as a way to support development and economic growth in developing countries through the related with it benefits to trade and welfare. Economic integration theory goes through two development stages each of which addresses the political and economic context relevant for its time. The first stage is regarded as c...
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African Community and the Southern Africa Development Community are three of the eight regional economic communities that are recognized by the African Union as building blocks of the African Economic Community. On June 10th 2015 the three RECs concluded the negotiations to establish the t...
The book is dedicated to the specific processes of regional economic integration in Africa. The main goal is to assess systematically the development and potential of regional economic communities on the continent.
First chapter discusses the definition and typology of economic integration, traditional and new theories on its effects (static and d...
Sub-Saharan African countries are becoming more and more significant for Bulgaria's international trade relations. Bulgaria's biggest trade partner from this region in the last years is the Republic of South Africa (RSA). The paper presents the dynamics and the commodity structure of trade between Bulgaria and RSA for the period 2003-2013, as well...
Economic integration theory goes through two development stages each of which addresses the relevant for its time political and economic context. The first stage is regarded as classic theory or static analysis and includes the traditional theories of economic integration that explain the possible benefits of integration. The second stage includes...
The importance of African countries, especially of sub-Saharan ones, to Bulgaria is determined by the increasing role of the region in both global economy and policy, as well as its immense economic potential and natural resources. The introduction of the paper presents the dynamics of Bulgarian trade with the countries in Africa and specifically s...
With the development of digital technology and especially the possibilities for electronic publishing Open access publishing is becoming more and more a global phenomenon. Open access means unrestricted online access to scholarly research and research data. The paper presents the common definitions, the types and vehicles for delivering of Open acc...
The paper analyses the dynamics of trade flows and the trends in trade patterns of intraregional trade of African countries and regional economic communities. The study presents the main import and export destinations both in inter- and intraregional terms thus outlining the trends in African countries’ and Regional economic communities’ export and...
The paper analyses the dynamics of trade flows and the trends in trade patterns of intraregional trade of African countries and regional economic communities. The study presents the main import and export destinations both in inter- and intraregional terms thus outlining the trends in African countries’ and Regional economic communities’ export and...
The importance of African countries, especially those south of the Sahara for Bulgaria is determined by the growing role of the region in global politics and economy, its huge economic potential and richness of natural resources. The paper analyzes the dynamics and commodity structure of foreign trade relations of Bulgaria for the 2003-2013 period...
Обект на изследване e регионалната икономическа интеграция в Африка. Целта е да бъдат изследвани икономическото развитие на регионалните интеграционни общности в Африка, структурата и динамиката на външната им търговия, и влиянието на Европейския съюз върху интеграционните процеси на континента.
В първа глава са разгледани дефиницията и типологията...
