1. Bulgaria Country Partnership Framework: Some data
Tony Thompson
World Bank Country Manager for Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, and Slovakia

2. Working-age population index (2010 = 100)
Bulgaria is heading for the steepest decline of the working-age population in the world.
Working-age population index (2010 = 100)
Source: Author’s calculations based on United Nations Population Division (2011).

3. Convergence with the EU
Bulgaria and other countries: GDP per capita, percent of EU average (based on PPS)
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on Eurostat

4. Productivity growth is essential for accelerating long-term output growth.
Source: WB staff simulations.

5. Governance
Source: World Economic Forum 2014

6. Bulgaria’s Global Value Chains
Length of Domestic Global Value Chains
Distance from production possibility frontier
Source:WB staff calculations.

7. Standard death rate, appendicitis, age 0–64, per 100,000, 2011
Standard death rate, hernia and intestinal obstruction, age 0–64, per 100,000, 2011

8. Number of patients per month across hospitals

9. Relative to Other EU Countries, Bulgaria’s OOP has Been Rapidly Increasing

10. Roads and money

11. Education Results
Source: World Bank (2015)

12. Education: Snapshot of the current status quo

13. A New Country Partnership with Bulgaria – 2016-202
What are the priority areas for engagement?
What advisory services should the World Bank provide?
What financial services should the World Bank provide?
Who are our key partners and how do we work with them?
What results are we aiming to achieve and how will we measure them?