Moldova Poverty Update

Moldovan GDP growth rose and the poverty rate fell steeply following the end of the Russian financial crisis in 1999. Since late 2002, GDP has continued to grow vigorously, however there has been little progress in reducing poverty. In short, GDP g...

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Format: Policy Note
Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC 2014
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spelling okr-10986-194512021-04-23T14:03:46Z Moldova Poverty Update World Bank ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL LABORERS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL WAGES AVERAGE WAGES COLLECTIVE FARMS CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA DISABILITY DOMESTIC LABOR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELDERLY ELDERLY PEOPLE EXPORT MARKETS FAMILY FARMS FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM-GATE FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD ITEMS FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRICE FOOD SECURITY GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH RATE HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMIGRATION IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME QUINTILE INCOMES FROM AGRICULTURE INEQUALITY INSURANCE INVESTMENT CLIMATE LABOR FORCE LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND REFORM LARGE CITIES MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MIGRANT MIGRANTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NUMBER OF CHILDREN OLD AGE OLD-AGE ORPHAN CHILDREN PENSION PAYMENTS PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POINT DECLINE POOR POOR GROUPS POOR POPULATION POORER GROUPS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION IMPACT POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER POVERTY UPDATE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PROGRESS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL INCOMES REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY RELATIVE PRICES REMITTANCES RESPECT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL INCOMES RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL LABOR RURAL LABORERS RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL SECTOR RURAL WORKERS SMALL FARMERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CONDITIONS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TARGETING URBAN AREAS VEGETABLES VICTIMS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WAGE EARNERS WAR YOUNG AGE Moldovan GDP growth rose and the poverty rate fell steeply following the end of the Russian financial crisis in 1999. Since late 2002, GDP has continued to grow vigorously, however there has been little progress in reducing poverty. In short, GDP growth is no longer reducing poverty. The national poverty rate is broadly stable while the rural poverty rate is on a modest upward trend. Analysis of data from the household budget surveys shows that the decline in the national poverty rate stopped at the end of 2002, and that the rate has been broadly stable since. The rural poverty rate has been on a modest upward trend; the increase in poverty is concentrated among farmers, and to a lesser extent, among rural pensioners. At the same time, real incomes rose among rural wage earners. Real incomes also rose among urban residents, and their poverty rate continued to decline, as they benefited from the expansion of the construction industry and from rising real wages in construction, manufacturing, and public service. 2014-08-19T19:15:01Z 2014-08-19T19:15:01Z 2006-06-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6919729/moldova-poverty-update http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19451 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Moldova
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topic ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL LABORERS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL WAGES
AVERAGE WAGES
COLLECTIVE FARMS
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
DISABILITY
DOMESTIC LABOR
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
ELDERLY
ELDERLY PEOPLE
EXPORT MARKETS
FAMILY FARMS
FARM HOUSEHOLDS
FARM INCOME
FARM INCOMES
FARM-GATE
FARMER
FARMERS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD POVERTY
FOOD POVERTY LINE
FOOD PRICE
FOOD SECURITY
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROWTH RATE
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMMIGRATION
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCIDENCE ANALYSIS
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME QUINTILE
INCOMES FROM AGRICULTURE
INEQUALITY
INSURANCE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
LABOR FORCE
LAND DISTRIBUTION
LAND REFORM
LARGE CITIES
MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
MIGRANT
MIGRANTS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY RATE
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
OLD AGE
OLD-AGE
ORPHAN CHILDREN
PENSION PAYMENTS
PENSIONS
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POINT DECLINE
POOR
POOR GROUPS
POOR POPULATION
POORER GROUPS
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION IMPACT
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
POVERTY UPDATE
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIVATE TRANSFERS
PRO-POOR
PRO-POOR GROWTH
PROGRESS
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REAL INCOMES
REDUCING POVERTY
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
RELATIVE PRICES
REMITTANCES
RESPECT
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL INCOME
RURAL INCOMES
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
RURAL LABOR
RURAL LABORERS
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL POVERTY RATE
RURAL SECTOR
RURAL WORKERS
SMALL FARMERS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TARGETING
URBAN AREAS
VEGETABLES
VICTIMS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
WAGE EARNERS
WAR
YOUNG AGE
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL LABORERS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL WAGES
AVERAGE WAGES
COLLECTIVE FARMS
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
DISABILITY
DOMESTIC LABOR
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
ELDERLY
ELDERLY PEOPLE
EXPORT MARKETS
FAMILY FARMS
FARM HOUSEHOLDS
FARM INCOME
FARM INCOMES
FARM-GATE
FARMER
FARMERS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD POVERTY
FOOD POVERTY LINE
FOOD PRICE
FOOD SECURITY
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROWTH RATE
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMMIGRATION
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCIDENCE ANALYSIS
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME QUINTILE
INCOMES FROM AGRICULTURE
INEQUALITY
INSURANCE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
LABOR FORCE
LAND DISTRIBUTION
LAND REFORM
LARGE CITIES
MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
MIGRANT
MIGRANTS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY RATE
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
OLD AGE
OLD-AGE
ORPHAN CHILDREN
PENSION PAYMENTS
PENSIONS
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POINT DECLINE
POOR
POOR GROUPS
POOR POPULATION
POORER GROUPS
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION IMPACT
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
POVERTY UPDATE
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIVATE TRANSFERS
PRO-POOR
PRO-POOR GROWTH
PROGRESS
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REAL INCOMES
REDUCING POVERTY
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
RELATIVE PRICES
REMITTANCES
RESPECT
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL INCOME
RURAL INCOMES
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
RURAL LABOR
RURAL LABORERS
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL POVERTY RATE
RURAL SECTOR
RURAL WORKERS
SMALL FARMERS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TARGETING
URBAN AREAS
VEGETABLES
VICTIMS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
WAGE EARNERS
WAR
YOUNG AGE
World Bank
Moldova Poverty Update
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Moldova
description Moldovan GDP growth rose and the poverty rate fell steeply following the end of the Russian financial crisis in 1999. Since late 2002, GDP has continued to grow vigorously, however there has been little progress in reducing poverty. In short, GDP growth is no longer reducing poverty. The national poverty rate is broadly stable while the rural poverty rate is on a modest upward trend. Analysis of data from the household budget surveys shows that the decline in the national poverty rate stopped at the end of 2002, and that the rate has been broadly stable since. The rural poverty rate has been on a modest upward trend; the increase in poverty is concentrated among farmers, and to a lesser extent, among rural pensioners. At the same time, real incomes rose among rural wage earners. Real incomes also rose among urban residents, and their poverty rate continued to decline, as they benefited from the expansion of the construction industry and from rising real wages in construction, manufacturing, and public service.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Moldova Poverty Update
title_short Moldova Poverty Update
title_full Moldova Poverty Update
title_fullStr Moldova Poverty Update
title_full_unstemmed Moldova Poverty Update
title_sort moldova poverty update
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6919729/moldova-poverty-update
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19451
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