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
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
World Bank
Recession, Recovery and Poverty in Moldova
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Moldova
description 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.
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author World Bank
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title Recession, Recovery and Poverty in Moldova
title_short Recession, Recovery and Poverty in Moldova
title_full Recession, Recovery and Poverty in Moldova
title_fullStr Recession, Recovery and Poverty in Moldova
title_full_unstemmed Recession, Recovery and Poverty in Moldova
title_sort recession, recovery and poverty in moldova
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/11/6589416/recession-recovery-poverty-moldova
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14424
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spelling okr-10986-144242021-04-23T14:03:18Z Recession, Recovery and Poverty in Moldova World Bank 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 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. 2013-07-09T20:07:03Z 2013-07-09T20:07:03Z 2004-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/11/6589416/recession-recovery-poverty-moldova http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14424 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Moldova