Publications

This paper examines presumptive taxation in the context of Bulgaria's tax reform agenda and the improvement of small-business environment. It analyzes the economic and social effects of the two forms ...chevron_right

This policy brief addresses the election of the first Bulgarian ombudsman in April 2005. It argues that this election completed an important part of the process of introducing the ombudsman institutio...chevron_right

This paper examines the indvidual and institutional driving forces of tax corruption in Bulgaria. The authors argue that tax corruption still is a major obstacle to a free market competition in the co...chevron_right

This report uses a crime victimization survey as an analytical tool to make an independent assessment of the crime situation in Bulgaria for the period 2001- 2004. It uses data from several internatio...chevron_right

This brief examines the recent developments in establishing national and local ombudsmen in Bulgaria and is a follow up of Policy Brief No 3 of the Center for the Study of Democracy (May 2004). The po...chevron_right

This policy brief discusses the Bulgarian political party system. It argues that the system has often been subject to inconsistent and ineffective reforms. The brief discusses the gaps in the legal fr...chevron_right

This policy brief addresses the absence of a national ombudsman institution in Bulgaria. It explains that the election of the first parliamentary ombudsman did not succeed because of the inability of ...chevron_right

This paper examines smuggling practices in Bulgaria. The authors first describe the border control system during the post-communist transition period and then identify a range of companies and individ...chevron_right

The authors of this paper assess the level of corruption in Bulgarian society as well as public attitudes toward it. The report evaluates the government’s anti-corruption efforts emphasizing on the ef...chevron_right

The authors of this paper first analyze the transformation of Bulgaria’s defense industry and then identify social and economic reasons for the government's reluctance to strengthen arms controls. The...chevron_right

The authors of this report examine the security sector and organized crime in post-communist states in order to identify the risks of symbiosis between the two in Bulgaria and the Western Balkans.chevron_right

This conference paper summarizes the discussions at an October 2004 conference entitled "NATO, EU and the New Risks: A Southeast Europe Perspective". The discussions focused on the security situation ...chevron_right

This policy brief addresses the anti-corruption work of Coalition 2000, an initiative of Bulgarian NGOs, in Bulgaria’s higher education. The policy brief shows how Coalition 2000 helped prompting publ...chevron_right

This policy brief discusses anti-corruption reforms in Bulgaria’s judiciary. It addresses the Judicial Anti-Corruption Program (JACP) published by the Center for the Study of Democracy in 2003 and exp...chevron_right

This report evaluates corruption in Bulgarian society as well as anti-corruption efforts undertaken in 2002. The authors start with an evaluation of the level and dynamics of corruption in Bulgaria as...chevron_right