Efficiency and Social Impact of Public Policies and Third Sector Practices in Bulgaria

• Autorzy: Darina Zaimova , Evgeni Genchev , Hristo Momchilov
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The consequent enlargement of the European Union in 2004 and 2007 gave the new-member-states an access to programs and financial sources with significant capacity and impact. The present paper aims to analyze the influence of the social policy framework over the public service delivery in Bulgaria. The first part of the paper is devoted to the general categorization of social services’ suppliers and the already established mechanism of their functioning. In the second part the focus on the conceptual framework introduces the main dimensions of the policy, institutional regulations and operational programs. The third part provides empirical results from the efficiency analysis of the social programs implementation and discussion on their impact.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

providers of social services; social enterprise; social model; Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA);

• Wydawca: Sciendo
• Czasopismo: International Review of Social Research
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: 2
• Numer: 2
• Strony: 125-140

Daty

wydano

2012-06-01

online

2015-05-06

Twórcy

autor

Darina Zaimova

• Faculty of Economics, Trakia University, Bulgaria,

autor

Evgeni Genchev

• Faculty of Economics, Trakia University, Bulgaria

autor

Hristo Momchilov

• Faculty of Economics, Trakia University, Bulgaria

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/irsr-2012-0021