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Twice Hit - Badly Wounded: The Devastating Cost of an Inadequate Transformation in Moldova

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  • Ronnås, Per

    (The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies)

  • Orlova, Nina

    (Institute of Social Studies)

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Moldova holds the unenviable distinction of having suffered the largest fall in GDP and living standards among the former socialist countries in Europe. By mid-1999 GDP had fallen to less than 30 per cent of its level in 1990, while living standards had plummeted from a situation of relative well-being before independence to one of abject poverty. This development has neither been God-given nor the result of particularly bad governance. Indeed, Moldova was for a long time praised by IMF and others as a progressive reformer and 'over-achiever' in terms of macro-economic stabilisation policies. The present study is devoted to an analysis of the economic and political development of Moldova since independence and to the social consequences of the economic collapse. The final chapter discusses the reasons behind the dismal development.

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  • Ronnås, Per & Orlova, Nina, 1999. "Twice Hit - Badly Wounded: The Devastating Cost of an Inadequate Transformation in Moldova," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 325, Stockholm School of Economics.
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    1. Nina Orlova & Per Ronnas, 1999. "The Crippling Cost of an Incomplete Transformation: The Case of Moldova," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(3), pages 373-397.
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      Keywords

      Moldova; economic transition; economic and social development.;
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      • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
      • P27 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Performance and Prospects

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