Following its 1990s transition to free markets, Bulgaria instituted a national restoration program that created tens of thousands of new jobs. Beautiful Bulgaria, a partnership between the United Nations Development Program, central government and municipal authorities, contracted local business to restore infrastructure and heritage projects. The initiative refurbished 1,688 sites including hospitals, schools and heritage buildings, and created more than 45,000 jobs, of which 27% went to minority groups.

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