www.usaid.kiev.ua
Mission Director: Earl Gast
American Embassy/Moldova
Department of State
Washington, DC 20521-7080
Tel: 373-2-237-460
Fax: 373-2-237277 |
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Overview
The key challenge for achieving economic growth is
the fact that Moldova remains one of the poorest countries
in the region. In 2001, per capita gross domestic product
(GDP) was estimated at $400 and poverty rates at 55%-70%
of the total population. Over 70% of the poor live
in rural areas, and only 8% live in large cities. Some
800,000 Moldovans have left the country, most of them
coming from the countryside. Moldova’s financial
fragility makes it strongly dependent on external financing
and/or debt rescheduling. In the mid-1990s, Moldova
made considerable progress in democratization and economic
development, particularly in reforming the agricultural
sector. While this transformation has generally continued
on track and most of the population maintains support
for the reform process, it has imposed many hardships
on the Moldovan people. This led to popular dissatisfaction
with the previous government, and to the victory of
the Communist Party in the February 2001 elections.
Moldova in Action
 US Medical Donation Restores Hearing for Hundreds of Balti Veterans
Dr. Gregory James Spirakis, an audiologist from Lakeland, Florida, arrived in Chisinau on October 8, 2005 bearing 215 new hearing aids and supplies valued at $250,000 for Moldova’s World War II veterans... Read More ...
Related Items: Moldova, Health
 Moldovan Law Clinics Unite to Foster Clinical Legal Education and
Help the Disadvantaged
On May 12, 2005, four Moldovan legal clinics gathered in the southern Moldovan city of Comrat, where they adopted the Declaration on Creation of the Federation of Moldovan Legal Clinics... Read More ...
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 Moldovan Dairy Farmers Hit Two Million Lei in Sales
When Liudmila Serepitco, a retired teacher in Cainarii Vechi, started a modest milk collection point 8 years ago, she had no idea that her attempt at entrepreneurship would touch the lives... Read More ...
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 E&E Hosts Historic Roundtable with Moldova’s Political Leaders
Six members of the Moldovan Parliament representing the leadership of each of that nation’s major political parties, were the featured guests for a roundtable luncheon... Read More ...
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 Citizen Action Brings Pure Water to 467 Households in Zberoaia
Irina Cojocaru carefully fills a glass with crystal clear water from the tap and drinks it with pleasure and pride. Her dream has finally come true. Now she doesn’t have to walk several kilometers uphill to fill buckets from small springs... Read More ...
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 USAID Local Government Reform Project Warms Moldovan Neighborhood
Lidia Lazareva, a married mother of two children, is as grateful as anybody in the Sheftelik neighborhood of the Moldovan town of Ceadir Lunga – and perhaps more so than most -- that she finally has a natural gas hook-up... Read More ...
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 Metro Cash & Carry Partnering with Moldovan Bank
Moldova’s economic growth over the past five years has improved quality of life for its citizens. Nonetheless, many have been unable to benefit fully from the exciting opportunities created by the new market-driven economy... Read More ...
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 New USAID-Supported Legislation in Moldova Cuts Business Regulations
Business in Moldova may have reached a breakthrough moment when a new law on reviewing and streamlining business regulations, developed with substantial input from USAID and Bizpro/Moldova... Read More ...
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 Radio Singera Keeps a Beat on the Community Pulse
Although only eight months old, Radio Singera can already claim credit for a major scoop: it was the first media outlet to broadcast a demonstration in Chisinau, Moldova... Read More ...
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 Moldova’s Elections Observed By Washington Delegates
Representatives from USAID/Washington, accompanied by White House Associate Political Director Paul Dyck, participated in the OSCE election observation mission to Moldova earlier this month... Read More ...
Related Items: Moldova, Democracy
 USAID Recognizes Lakeland, Florida Doctor for
International Volunteer Efforts
Dr. Gregory J. Spirakis received the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID) Outstanding Citizenship Achievement Award in a ceremony
this evening in Lakeland, Florida. The award was presented
to Dr. Spirakis by Dr. Kent R. Hill, USAID Assistant Administrator
for Europe
and Eurasia. Read
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