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The share of Bulgaria in world exports increased after the crisis
The competitiveness of an economy is among the most exploited topics in academic and political circles. There are many indirect ways to measure an economy's ability to compete with others - ranging from rankings of international organizations like the World Bank, World Economic Forum to global universities and consulting compani...
Innovative soft skills diagnostic tools will be launched in Bulgaria
Innovative soft skills diagnostic and job-matching tool will be transferred in six EU countries within an international project funded under the EU Leonardo da Vinci Programme (DAISS Project), with Industry Watch Group participating as one of the partners in the consortium. The project is financed by the European commission. The...
Are interest rates on Bulgarian government debt low
Just a week ago the Bulgarian government managed to place on the market 5-year bonds worth €950 million euros at 4.25% interest, attracting many foreign institutional investors. This issue of bonds again raised the question whether interest rates on the Bulgarian government debt are low and how Bulgaria compares to other Eu...
Is the stagnation coming to an end
Here are the highlights of the annual report of Industry Watch on the state of the Bulgarian economy and the prospects before the main industries.
In 2011, for the first time since the beginning of the crisis we can see a more significant shrinkage of the budget deficits in Europe, which fell by 2 percentage points – to 4...
During fragile post-crisis economic recovery financial wealth kept growing
Industry Watch distributed among its subscribers the regular report “Personal Assets in Bulgaria: Financial wealth and housing market”. Here are some of the highlights of the report.
During fragile post-crisis economic recovery in Bulgaria in line with even more real possibility of a recession in the Eurozone in 20...
Which sectors (will) attract foreign direct investments
2012 has been so far under the sign of the deepening European debt crisis. In this context, the economic growth in Bulgaria is minimal, but still the Bulgarian economy is formally not in a recession. One of the leading indicators for the economy is the inflow of foreign investments in the country.
On one hand, the foreign direc...
Risks and outlook for the Bulgarian economy though the prism of net exports
Most analyses of the external trade usually tend to be focused on the growth of exports and imports as a whole or by product categories, but few of them actually focus on the dynamics of net exports (exports minus imports). A look on the official statistics reveals some interesting trends regarding external trade.
On one hand, ...
BEQUAL + project
Industry Watch Group is working on a new international project BEQUAL+ (Transfer of innovation, LEONARDO DA VINCI, 2011-2013) that transfers innovation techniques for quality assurance in vocational education and training, aiming at developing quality assurance in VET institutions through promotion of self-evaluatio...