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...

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...

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 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 –...

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...

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...

The dissertation is dedicated to specific processes of regional economic integration in Africa. The main goal is to assess systematically the development and potential of regional economic communities in Africa through: - systematization of factors that influence the motivation of developing...

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...

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...