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Personal Details

Name: Assenka Yonkova - Hristova

Address: 32, Patriarh Evtimii Blvd, P.O.Box 803, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria

Sofia,Bulgaria

E-mail: assia@ime.bg, ime@omega.bg

Marital status: Married, 1 child

Date of Birth: 18 February 1973

Education:

1991 - 1995 University for National and World Economy,Sofia

Master of Economics

Specialty - Finance

Master Thesis - Reserve Requirements as Instrument of the Monetary Policy of the Bulgarian National Bank;

1987 - 1991 Sofia High School of Mathematics

Specialty - Mathematics and Computers;

 

Working Experience:

1997 - currently Institute for Market Economics(IME), Sofia

Position: Economist

1994 - 1997 Sofiyski Imoty, Weekly Newspaper, Sofia

Position: Editor-in-Chief

1995 - 1996 Wirtshaftsblatt, Newspaper, Sofia

Position: Journalist

1993 - 1994 University for National and World Economy, Sofia

Position: Instructor with the Department of Finance

Special Research Experience:

Banking sector Management under Currency Board in Bulgaria, a project funded by the World Bank Small Grand Program.

Central Bank Organization and Performance as a Currency Board, a project financed by Friedrich Naumann Foundation.

Deposit Insurance in Bulgaria

Balkans in 2010: Facing the Future

Conditions for Long-term Growth and Prosperity in the Balkans, a project supported by Freedom House, under the auspices of the Regional Networking Project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Evaluation of the Post-privatization Monitoring System in Bulgaria, a project funded by Open Society Institute and CASE Research Foundation.

Legal and Regulatory Reform in Bulgaria: Impact on Private Sector Growth, a survey, funded by U.S. Agency for International Development;

Languages: Fluent in English, Russian, working knowledge in

German

Other Activities:

Consultant, IME Consult

Clients: Societe General (1999), Creditanstaldt Central European Quarterly (1997-); Salomon Brothers (1997); Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (1997); Trans National Research (1997-1999); American Express Financial Corporation (1999) and others.

Additional Information:

Research Interests: Financial Sector Reforms, Banking Sector Development,

Public Finance, Organization of Financial Bodies, Economic Growth and Stability, etc.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

(a) Books: Banking Sector Management Under Currency Board

(co-author and editor) in English and Bulgarian, Sofia 1998

Evaluation of the Post-privatization Monitoring System in Bulgaria

(co-author) in English and Bulgarian, IME Occasional Papers, Sofia 2000

  1. Articles:

Yonkova, Assenka, The Currency Board Starts From the Banks, Kontinent Daily, 22 May 1997;

Yonkova, Assenka and Ivanov, Andrey, The Cabinet Follows the Program With Some Discrepances (A Conflict of Interests Slows Down the Privatisation), Kontinent Daily, 24 September 1997;

Yonkova, Assenka, Bank Privatization In Bulgaria: Still Forthcomming, IME Newsletter March-Apr 1999;

Yonkova, Assenka, Balkans in 2010: Romania, IME Newsletter May-June 1999;

Yonkova, Assenka, The Governmental Control over the Business Does Not Facilitate Economic Growth; Pari Daily, 16 November 1999;

Yonkova, Assenka, Georgi Stoev, Julian Pankov, Krassen Stanchev, Latchezar Bogdanov, Svetlana Yanakieva, Tzveta Dimitrova, Post Privatization Control, Bulgarian Economic Outlook, Bulgarian News Agency, issues 8 (February 25-March 2, 2000), 9 (March 3-9, 2000), 10 (March 10-16, 2000) .

Conference papers:

Yonkova, Assenka,Structure and Organization of the Operation of Bulgarian National Bank, paper prepared for the IME-World Bank Conference, Sofia, 26 February 1998, Institute for Market Economics

Yonkova, Assenka, Alexandrova Svetlana and Bogdanov Latchezar Development of the Banking Sector in Bulgaria

Yonkova, Assenka, Balkans in 2010: Romania, paper prepared for the Conference Balkans in 2010: Facing the Future, Sofia, 12 May 1999

Yonkova, Assenka (co-author), In Search for Growth: Bulgaria’s Lessons and Policy Options, paper prepared for the Conference Conditions for Long-term Growth and Prosperity in the Balkans, Sofia, 21 October 1999