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Transnistrian Economic Reality, Second Quarter 2014 (#3)

Politici de creștere economicăMonday, 18 August 201487323 views

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The third issue of the quarterly Transnistrian Economic Reality, produced by EXPERT-GRUP, covers the second quarter of 2014. It reviews the main economic and political developments in the eastern districts of the Republic of Moldova and finds that the economies on the two banks of the Dniester are drifting further apart.

According to the latest available data, the convergence index calculated quarterly by EXPERT-GRUP stood at 93.5% in the second quarter of 2014, down 0.6 percentage points from the value recorded in Q1:14. The widening gap between the two economies is expected to complicate the implementation of the EU Association Agreement in the Transnistrian region.

The publication identifies the causes behind the growing disparities and the main economic challenges facing the Transnistrian region in the near future. Its readers include policy makers, chief executives of local and foreign companies and commercial banks, representatives of international institutions, embassies and political parties, and economic journalists working on both banks of the Dniester.