Economic Themes (2009) 47 (4) 7, 99-111

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PREMISES, FACTORS, AND BARRIERS OF DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA


Veselka Pavlova

Abstract: Public-private partnerships (PPP) are an important element of contemporary national and international business processes. Experience to date and the modest accumulation of theory moved a joint team of researchers from the International Economic Relations and Statistics Department1 of Sofia’s University of the National and World Economies to address the issue. The paper presents sample survey results and their theoretical context amid the latest studies by EU authors. Basic conclusions refer to the: correct understanding of the PPP essence, determination of the real mechanisms for effective PPP, practical realization of the today’s principals of PPP in our country, crucial points guarantying the PPP success in different activities, main railings for future development of the PPP, main financial tools for real mutually beneficial PPP etc. The whole empiric information is treated with SPSS. The results are correct analyzed by appropriate statistical methods.

Keywords:  public-private partnership (PPP); sample survey; probability proportion; standardized questioner; statistical methods for analyzing empirical data; basic conclusions about Bulgarian experience in the field of PPP

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