This paper assesses the impact of social assistance benefits on household welfare in Moldova. Ignoring standard issues …

Moldova has experienced rapid economic growth in the past decade, which has been accompanied by reductions in poverty … and good performance in shared prosperity. Nonetheless, Moldova remains one of the poorest countries in Europe and faces … the poor to shocks. The Moldova poverty assessment 2016 includes three prongs of analysis: this report, which explores …

The agricultural and food production sector plays a key role in fighting poverty and food insecurity in Moldova, but is … structural change is slow and smallholder farm growth in Moldova is an exception, not the rule. Only a small share of smallholder …

statistics for Moldova are presented based on the ICP 2011 PPP conversion factors, and relying on newly defined income … absolute levels of poverty reported in Moldova. Section 2 discussed the major drivers of shared prosperity during the 2011 …