Migration and human rights

The article describes the correlation between migration and human rights in the Republic of Moldova. Today migration is considered a great problem for Moldova. The country is facing poverty, lack of jobs, Moldovans are forced to go abroad, hoping to find not only a more profitable job, but also a safe living environment. The Republic of Moldova is facing a crisis of wage labour, which results from a combination of factors such as mass emigration for work, very low wages, undeclared payment, poor negotiation power of employees within enterprises, the feeling of injustice among employees. Violation of employees rights causes many workers to go abroad in search of a better place to work and live.

Main current trends in the world economy in the context of ensuring external economic security

At the current stage of global confrontations between the great powers, the issue of ensuring national economic security has become pressing and absolutely necessary. Starting from strategic interests and the balance of powers at global and regional level, we will try to assess the main economic trends, which will define in perspective the configuration of the external environment, in which the Republic of Moldova will struggle to increase the welfare of its citizens in the coming years. This paper offers a new approach to ensuring the external economic security of a small state, the area of priority economic interests, emphasizing that even at the regional level, there is a reconfiguration of power, which cannot be ignored while examining the ways of economic growth of the Republic of Moldova over a long period of time.

Image of the local brands Iuvas, Maicom and Vasconi reflected through the Net Promoter Score

This article presents the evolution of the light industry of the Republic of Moldova in the last 15 years, namely the clothing sector, by analyzing the image of the local clothing brands Iuvas, Maicom and Vasconi, reflected by the Net Promoter Score (NPS) indicator. Aiming to create an organizational culture, focused on gaining consumer loyalty and inspiring employees to increase company profitability, the NPS indicator is an effective way of measuring how a company treats the people it interacts with. None of the three brands scored positively in the survey, which shows a considerable increase in marketing efforts. With a negative NPS, a company must invest more resources in marketing activities to acquire new customers, which reduces its competitiveness in the market.

International experience on risk management and the possibility of its use in the Republic of Moldova

Research of the aspects related to risk management presumes multiple complex tools, policies and measures which are a result of management decisions, the quality of which impacts the effectiveness of risk management and subsequently the activity of economic operators, fact that reflects the topicality and the importance of the investigated subject. Thus, it is opportune to research and analyse the most effective risk management methods and techniques applied both on the national, and international level, that would contribute to the decrease, avoidance or risk limitation and would strengthen the economic-financial performance of business. The aim of the research implies achieving such objectives like: identify strengths of risk management methods and practices on the international level; describe the main peculiarities that distinguish the national and international practice in terms of risk management, argue on the need of transposing best practices in terms of effective risk management applied by economic operators on the national level.

Analysis of public expenditure management in terms of respect for economic, social and cultural rights in the Republic of Moldova

To a great extent, respecting human rights in the Republic of Moldova is affected by unsatisfactory evolution of public expenditures and the way the latter are managed. The quality of public expenditure management, with an impact on respecting economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) is evaluated through the prism of basic objectives of public financial management, namely the following: maintaining strict financial discipline, allocating public financial resources in conformity with government’s priorities, efficient provision of public services. The central public administration and local public administrations from the Republic of Moldova are relatively more successful in consolidating fiscal discipline than in providing an efficient use of public expenditure in conformity with strategic priorities. The research argues the positive effect which can be made by improvement of public expenditure management on respecting ESCR in the Republic of Moldova.

Work in the time of Covid-19 pandemic: challenges for didactic activity in the Republic of Moldova

The study represents an analysis of the pandemic impact on working conditions of teachers employed in general primary and secondary education institutions in the Republic of Moldova. The analysis is based on an opinion poll carried out among the didactic staff and relates the working conditions during the pandemic to the provisions stipulated in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as well as those in the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova. The poll results denote the fact that the working conditions of the didactic staff have changed for the worse during the pandemic, having aggravated some chronic problems of Moldovan education, whereas exercising labour rights in conformity with international and constitutional engagements implies rationalization of work and providing necessary remuneration for a decent life.

Living standard of people with disabilities in the Republic of Moldova

An important index that reflects the efficiency of the state socio-economic policy is the population standard of living. This index represents the result of the country’s socio-economic development. No result of the development of individual sectors of the economy, regardless of how large and positive it is, have sufficient value without appropriate changes in the standard of living of the population. Increasing the living standards of the population, including people with disabilities, is a strategic priority in the state policy of the Republic of Moldova. One way to achieve this is to improve micro and microeconomic mechanisms for GDP growth. It is also important to ensure economic inclusion through the equitable distribution of income and the reduction of economic inequalities for the harmonious development of society as a whole. The purpose of the research is to highlight the essential aspects of the standard of living of people with disabilities in the Republic of Moldova in order to create adequate measures for their social protection.

Development and financing trends of higher education in the Republic of Moldova

Insufficient financial resources, necessary to carry out the educational process with maximum efficiency, are among the numerous problems faced by higher education at the present stage. In this context, especially in the last decade, universities are concerned with identifying alternative sources of funding to those in budgetary funds, which have a temporary character and endanger the predictability and sustainability of training in the institution. The main aspects to be considered in the present article are: a) argumentation of the defining role of higher education institutions in the development of human intellectual potential and the creation of an intelligent society; b) analysis of the higher education evolution and identification of trends c) reflection of the financing mechanism of higher education in the Republic of Moldova. As a result of the study, some considerations are proposed regarding the improvement of the system of indicators for evaluating the performance of higher education institutions included in the new methodology of their financing.

Retail banking concept from a formal perspective

Expressions like “retail banking”, “retail banking products”, “retail banking services” have become very widespread in recent years in the banking environment, the media, the scientific literature, etc. In addition, such phrases are more and more often found in normative acts. However, there is no definite understanding of those terms. In literature, in order to define the phenomenon, various general and evasive features are used. At the same time, for accounting, taxation, reporting, statistics, but especially for prudential regulation, an exact delimitation of retail banking is necessary. This article is dedicated to an overview of the existing views on the notion of “retail banking” and its clarification from a formal point of view.

A conceptual approach to the role of universities in the entrepreneurial ecosystem

The article aims to identify the role that universities have in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, respectively in stimulating the emergence of start-ups. The ways in which start-ups contribute to economic development are presented, as well as the factors that influence the number and viability of start-ups launched in a certain region. As a result of the discussions, the importance of the quality of entrepreneurial ecosystems is emphasized in order to stimulate the emergence of start-ups, but also the place of universities in the ecosystem. The ways in which universities could create viable entrepreneurial ecosystems around it are highlighted.