Moldova: Villagers Face Stark Poverty Amid Once-Prosperous Agricultural Economy
Published on: Friday 08 October 2004
Looking back at better days
Moldova is one of Europe's poorest states, despite its rich farmland and renowned vineyards that during communism earned the country the status of the breadbasket of the former Soviet Union. Lack of reforms, political turmoil, and dependence on Russian energy imports have brought Moldova's once prosperous agriculture-based economy to its knees and forced its mostly rural population into deep poverty and mass migration.
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