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Despre paradoxul Curții de Conturi din Republica Moldova: De ce recomandările Curții nu sunt și nu vor fi executate?

Monday, 29 July 2013 Published in Comentarii economice

Rapoartele Curții de Conturi pe 2011 și 2012 au scos în evidență o administrare ineficientă a resurselor publice, cu prejudicii pentru contribuabil de circa 1 miliard de lei! Totodată, multiplele cerințe și recomandări ale…

Draft Strategy for the Development of Research and Innovation until 2020: reform or deadlock?

Wednesday, 21 November 2012 Published in Comentarii economice

Economic Commentary, no. 142 After several controversial discussions on the capacity of the National Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) system to contribute to the economic growth and competitiveness, the Academy of Science of Moldova (ASM)…

Citizens and Transparency: Impediments for the Government?

Friday, 28 September 2012 Published in Comentarii economice

Economic Commentary, no. 141 The elaboration of the 2013 state budget law draft has established an anti-record when it comes to the transparency and quality of the public consultations. The development of the budget law…

Public authorities response to the inefficiencies in the management of public resources

Friday, 20 July 2012 Published in Comentarii economice

Economic Commentary, no 140 From June 2011 to July 2012, Expert-Grup has elaborated 3 quarterly reports on Court of Accounts' findings and recommendations regarding the (mis)allocations and management of public resources. In order to examine…

Is Budgetary Transparency a Caprice or a Necessity?

Thursday, 19 July 2012 Published in Comentarii economice

Economic Commentary, no. 139 The evaluation conducted in 2012 by the Expert-Grup using an international methodology shows that the level of budgetary transparency in Moldova can be assessed with 60 points of 100 possible, which…

How to Read and Understand the Government Report on Execution of the State Budget for 2011?

Thursday, 19 July 2012 Published in Comentarii economice

Economic Commentary, no. 138 We have recently examined the Government Report on Execution of the State Budget for 2011, with the purpose of understanding how transparently are this kind of reports elaborated, what are the…

The Drought and the Reserve Fund

Tuesday, 10 July 2012 Published in Comentarii economice

Moldova is in deep crisis. A crisis of capacity and transparency of the governance process. Despite the reforms initiated and the wider opening to the public, the Government did little to educate higher trust in…

Why is it Necessary for Judges to Motivate their Legal Decisions?

Monday, 25 June 2012 Published in Comentarii economice

Economic Commentary, no. 136 Working on the National Human Development Report 2012 which was commissioned by the United Nations Development Program in Moldova we have pointed out to the crucial role of judiciary in the…

MTBF? No, I did not hear that.

Monday, 20 February 2012 Published in Comentarii economice

Economic Commentary, no. 135 The title of this commentary has been inspired by a pejorative expression – “no, I did not hear that” - used in the Moldovan blogosphere. Moldovan bloggers are using this expression…

Consumers’ Rights – Back in Sight

Monday, 30 January 2012 Published in Comentarii economice

Economic Commentary. no. 134 Starting January 2012, the Moldovan Government apparently decided to abandon being just an observer and undertook to promote actively consumers’ rights. With this purpose in mind, the Government has created a…