Recession, Recovery and Poverty in Moldova

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moldova faced the deepest and most prolonged recession among transition countries, and the resulting increase in poverty has made it the poorest country in Europe today. The main objective of this report...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE TERMS ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO SERVICES AGING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS BASIC EDUCATION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY BUILDING CASH INCOME CHANGES IN POVERTY CITIES COLLECTIVE LAND COLLEGE EDUCATION CONSUMER DEMAND CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION QUINTILES COPING STRATEGY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DECLINE ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATION EDUCATION PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ESTIMATED ELASTICITY EXCHANGE RATES EXPORT MARKETS EXTERNAL SHOCKS FAMILY POVERTY FAMILY POVERTY BENEFIT FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARMERS FINANCIAL CRISIS GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH PERFORMANCE HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FOR ALL HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN TRAFFICKING INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME GROUPS INCOME POVERTY INEQUALITY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTIONALIZATION INSURANCE INTERVENTION INVESTMENT CLIMATE IRRIGATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MARKETING MEANS TESTING MEASURING POVERTY MEDIUM TERM MIGRANTS MIGRATION MORTALITY NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS NUTRITION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS OLD AGE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY MAKERS POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR COUNTRIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE TRANSFERS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SPENDING REDUCING POVERTY REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION RELATIVE RISK OF POVERTY RURAL AREAS RURAL FAMILIES RURAL FARMER RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOMES RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL POPULATION RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL POVERTY RURAL RESIDENTS RURAL WELFARE SAFETY NET SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES STATE ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBSISTENCE TARGETING TRANSFER PROGRAMS TRANSITION COUNTRIES UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN WORKERS VICTIMS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WELFARE PERSPECTIVE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/11/6589416/recession-recovery-poverty-moldova http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14424

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Summary:	Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moldova faced the deepest and most prolonged recession among transition countries, and the resulting increase in poverty has made it the poorest country in Europe today. The main objective of this report is to update and assess poverty in Moldova in its multiple dimensions, with a view to informing public policies. It focuses on the period of recession that followed the Russian crisis and the subsequent recovery. It draws mainly on the Household Budget Surveys, collected quarterly by the Department of Statistics and Sociology, between 1997 and 2002, although the analysis is supplemented as needed by information from other surveys collected by Moldova's Department of Statistic s and Sociology, from administrative data sources, from existing qualitative studies, and from studies by local researchers and other donor organizations. It should be noted that the HBS is a population based survey. By providing detailed information on the consumption of households, it permits an analysis of income (consumption) based welfare. In addition, by providing information on those who do not use public services or programs, in addition to those who do, it provides additional value to administrative data in the analysis of non-income dimensions of poverty such as access to health care or education. As such, the distribution of users of public services such as health care services (for example by rural and urban location) is likely to be different from that obtained from administrative data (typically based on information from facilities). Finally, due to data limitations, the analysis focuses on the Right Bank of Moldova.

Recession, Recovery and Poverty in Moldova

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