This paper examines corruption in Moldova, analyzing its impact on economic growth and progress in implementing earlier IMF recommendations on anti-corruption and anti-money laundering (AML). Despite solid legal frameworks, corruption remains a significant challenge, impeding growth and EU...

Moldova is more vulnerable to climate change than the rest of Europe, due to its (i) higher sensitivity to changes in climate conditions (reflecting its heavier reliance on agriculture, a comparatively-larger rural population, high dependence on energy imports and limited diversification of...

Moldova’s economic recovery from the multiple shocks is proceeding, albeit at a slower pace than expected. Progress towards EU accession continues. Presidential elections are scheduled in October, to be combined with a referendum on EU accession

At the request of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), a technical assistance (TA) mission of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department and the Legal Department visited Chisinau during November 28 to December 5, 2022, to assist with the design of a revised bank liquidation framework. The...

Between 1829 and 1853, the Lower Danube region became one of the strategic grain supply points for the Mediterranean entrepôts and a source for supplementing Britain's food requirements. The Crimean War ended in 1856 with Russia's removal from the Mouths of the Danube. In this context, in...

This report presents the findings of the primaryhealth care (PHC) system assessment in theRepublic of Moldova undertaken by the WorldBank in collaboration with the Moldovangovernment and under the leadership ofthe Ministry of Health (MoH). It highlightsexisting strengths, identifies areas in...

The method of committing a crime, viewed as an alternative secondary sign of the objective side of the crime, characterizes the technical procedure or set of technical procedures that the perpetrator resorts to in the process of committing the crime. The syntagma “unauthorized methods”, used...

The use of prohibited tools facilitates the tracking and acquisition of wild animals, which makes it possible to destroy a greater number of prey, including those under state protection. Permission to use hunting tools is conditioned by the specific circumstances under which such tools are to be...