Looking back at better days Moldova is one of Europe's poorest states, ... Moldova: Villagers Face Stark Poverty Amid Once-Prosperous Agricultural Economy October 08, 2004 17:32 CET ...

Generally, poverty is concentrated among the rural population and is higher in the south and central areas of the country. It particularly affects families with many children and which include elder ...

Chisinau, June 16, 2016 – Moldova has made good progress in reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity, but the drivers of this progress in the past are likely to exercise a much more limited ...

Moldova's Roma minority lives in almost total poverty, with as many as 75 percent of the population jobless. More than three-quarters of Romany children do not attend school, and health care is ...

Grinding poverty in Moldova Christian Cummins, Chisinau, Moldova / hs 12/17/2013 December 17, 2013. Moldova is Europe's poorest country according to the UN's Human Development Index.

The progress made by Moldova toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has not been uniform since 2007. Domestic economic and political crises are likely to undermine the achievement of ...

Europe’s wealth disparity was stark in 2024, with several countries facing severe economic challenges. While many European nations are prosperous, several Eastern European countries remain among the ...

This is Moldova, perhaps the poorest country in Europe. The small country of 3.6 million is sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine and was once part of the Soviet Union.

Romania has joined the European Union amid great fanfare, but farmer Toader Nuca who lives just over the border in former Soviet Moldova only shrugs his shoulders in derision when he thinks about it.

Moldova, another former Soviet state with a restive Russian-speaking minority, fears events in neighbouring Ukraine will provide a blueprint for its own separatists, and bring further hardship to ...

About one third of the population of Moldova lives below the poverty line. This was stated by a member of parliament, based on the data of the national bureau of statistics and trade union ...

This paper reviews the Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Evaluation Report 2005 for Moldova. Economic growth and income redistribution policies promoted in the context of Economic Growth and Poverty ...