Bulgaria - Efficiency Analysis of STI Programs
Transitioning to a more knowledge- and technology-based economy will be critical if Bulgaria is to achieve convergence with its European peers in terms of economic productivity and living standards. The coming year presents an important opportunity...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099205002082229219/P1713470623acb0fb0bcb101558f1a31517 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37063 |
| Summary: | Transitioning to a more knowledge-
and technology-based economy will be critical if Bulgaria is
to achieve convergence with its European peers in terms of
economic productivity and living standards. The coming year
presents an important opportunity for Bulgaria to improve
its support for science, technology, and innovation (STI).
This report assesses the efficiency of selected Bulgarian
STI support programs, tracks progress on outcomes, and
reports on beneficiaries’ perceptions of program quality.
This report is the third and final major component of the
World Bank’s Bulgaria public expenditure review for STI (PER
STI) project. This efficiency analysis addresses an
identified gap in Bulgaria’s STI system: the monitoring and
evaluation (M and E) of STI support programs. This report
aims to address those gaps by identifying benchmarks for
assessing the results of STI support programs in Bulgaria
and providing a methodology and tools for carrying out such
evaluations in the future. The report is structured in nine
sections. Section one presents the methodology, section two
provides a comparison of key results across the six programs
included in the analysis, sections three through eight
provide program-specific analysis and findings, and section
nine provides recommendations. |
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