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CURRICULUM VITAE 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
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 |