The National Strategic Planning - between Social-Economic Needs and Political Realities in Bulgaria

Abstract

In this paper I am offering an interpretation of the conditions in Bulgaria in terms of implementing the strategic planning philosophy within the national economy governance. To this effect the essential characteristics of this philosophy of governance and the conditions of its origin deduced by the economic science are an object of explanation. The practice of decision making (the process of working out and giving proofs of economic decisions) at the higher levels of the economic system structure (the macro and the territorial) in Bulgaria has been examined on this basis. The main conclusions and recommendations with regard to the possible changes in the governance of the Bulgarian economy necessary to meet the requirements of the concept of strategic planning are presented in this paper.