While transition from planned economy was painful for all post-Soviet countries, Ukraine experienced an especially difficult start during the 1990s. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine has...
Moldova is a lower-middle-income country with a population of approximately 2.6 million (National Bureau of Statistic, NBS). Economic growth in Moldova over the past decade was relatively strong. Gross...
Moldova’s social protection system has been helping the country to reduce poverty and advance shared prosperity. It will continue to be central to mitigating the adverse impacts of growth-promoting reforms...
State of emergency ends at end-May and a slow recovery thereafter (high downside risks do not change the policy response, but the severity of recession). Immediate impact: immediate sharp contraction...
State of emergency ends at end-May and a slow recovery thereafter (high downside risks do not change the policy response, but the severity of recession). Immediate impact: immediate sharp contraction...
Ratings for the Skills Data Capacity Building Project for Moldova were as follows: outcome was moderately unsatisfactory, Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation (M...
Despite the significant progress Ukraine made on its structural reform agenda, social assistance reform remains a key priority in the face of high levels of poverty (estimated at 27 percent according to...
This Second Programmatic Public Finance Review (PFR-2) supports Ukraine in implementing its ongoing ambitious structural reform agenda to identify fiscal savings and to increase the effectiveness of public...