KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY AND TRANSITION ECONOMIES. THE BULGARIAN CHALLENGE

This paper evaluates the Bulgarian positioning in the European knowledge-basedeconomy. The analysis is mainly based on the Knowledge Assessment Methodology of the WorldBank (2005). After an analytical framework, the analysis reveals an alarming situation for Bulgaria resulting from several negative factors, which reinforce one another in a cumulative process.Finally, the conclusion underlines that a necessary condition for the Bulgarian economy to becomeknowledge-based, is to set up good rules of governance but also to be able to mobilize humancapital and to coordinate the interactions within citizens and organizations.