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REAL ECONOMY - Monthly Review of Economy and Policy - 2011-20
REAL ECONOMY - Monthly Review of Economy and Policy - 2011-20

Author(s): Ana Popa, Alex Oprunenco, Adrian Lupuşor, Elena Culiuc, Valeriu Prohniţchi
Subject(s): National Economy, Economic policy
Published by: EXPERT-GRUP Centrul Analitic Independent
Summary/Abstract: New elections, old problems. In our State of the Country Report we elaborated in much detail on the dividing lines crossing Moldovan society. Now, more than one year since publishing the Report, we have to confess these dividing lines are alive and well. In this context, the capital city and Gagauz autonomy are the most eloquent examples. In the former case the electoral contest turned out very tight (and this is despite the fact that Chisinau has never been Communists’ fortress) but lacked meaningful substance; in the latter, it showed continued drift of the autonomy away from the national political process with most of ‘winnable’ electoral contenders running on independent platform with no connections with national political parties. While certain parties do not shy away from manipulating and capitalizing on these divisions, there are growing question marks whether country and society can bear any much longer in this way...

  • Page Count: 7
  • Publication Year: 2011
  • Language: English