Moldova, 02 November 2021

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher’s Academic Blog on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade: Opportunities versus Risks

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher - Researcher in International Business with a focus on Risks

In this blog, I focus each time on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade in a certain country or territory in terms of how Location Factors (Political, Economic, Technological, Ecological, Legal and Cultural) and Entry Modes (e.g. M&As, Export and Greenfield) impact the attractiveness - or vice versa - the risks of FDI and International Trade in the specific country or territory. Still, keep in mind that each risk may lead to an opportunity for resolving problems via suitable FDI and International Trade, while each opportunity for FDI and International Trade may involve risks.

Political Risks: Regime Transformation, Political Instability, Wars, Conflicts, Geopolitical Conflicts, Sanctions, Global Terror, Regional Crises, and Global Crises.

Economic Risks: Economic Instability, Restrictions on FDI and International Trade, Impact of FDI on Labour Markets; International Trade Agreements and Trade Wars

Strategic Risks: Strategic Risks in M&As, Integration in M&As, Cultural Distance, Cultural Openness, Labour Unions in M&As

Moldova - Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade

Key Figures of FDI and International Trade

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$): $501.61 (Millions) (2019)

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$): $-3.93 (Millions) (2020)

Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $3,239.21 (Millions) (2020)

Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $5,926.65 (Millions) (2020)

Source: World Bank

Information and Data on FDI and International Trade

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Moldova - Investing - International Trade Portal International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)

FactSheet_2021_new (unctad.org)

Foreign trade figures of Moldova - Economic and Political Overview - International Trade Portal International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)

Moldova - United States Department of State

Macro Data

Moldova | Data (worldbank.org)

Republic of Moldova and the IMF

General Information and Political Information

Moldova - The World Factbook (cia.gov)

Moldova country profile - BBC News

Research Papers and Research Books

Moldova | SpringerLink Constitutional Politics

Relations between Moldova and the European Union in: The European Union and its eastern neighbourhood (manchesterhive.com)

Innovative component of economic security of enterprises: a case of the Republic of Moldova: Journal of Business Economics and Management: Vol 18, No 6 (tandfonline.com)

Water laws of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine: current problems and integration with EU legislation: Water International: Vol 43, No 3 (tandfonline.com)

Sustainability | Free Full-Text | Sustainable vs. Unsustainable Food Consumption Behaviour: A Study among Students from Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova (mdpi.com)

Still winners and losers? Studying public opinion’s geopolitical preferences in the association agreement countries (Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine): Post-Soviet Affairs: Vol 37, No 4 (tandfonline.com)

Full article: Trade as a confidence-building measure in protracted conflicts: the cases of Georgia and Moldova compared (tandfonline.com)

Innovation Competitiveness of the Country in Global Trade Landscape: The Case of Republic of Moldova (umn.edu)

Repository Socio-Economic Sciences - National Institute for Economic Research: Trends in the foreign trade evolution of the Republic of Moldova (ince.md)

Trends in the Foreign Trade of the Republic of Moldova In Connection with the Signing of New Free Trade Agreements | Lobanov | SPOUDAI - Journal of Economics and Business (unipi.gr)

Strengthening trade between Moldova and the European Union - a case of polish-moldovan trade (idsi.md)

Post-Soviet smallholders between entrepreneurial farming and diversification. Livelihood pathways in rural Moldova - ScienceDirect

Public Policy and Politics via Documentaries and in-Depth TV News Programs

Keep in mind that Documentaries and in-Depth TV News programs usually reflect a certain viewpoint. ZRB

🇲🇩 Moldova and the Puppet Master | People and Power - YouTube

Moldova: end of educational opportunities | Focus on Europe - YouTube

Is Moldova ready to embrace an unmarried, childfree president? | Europe’s baby bust - YouTube

Moldova: How the diaspora of Europe's poorest nation keeps its economy afloat - YouTube

Moldova corruption: Fugitive businessman shaping next election - YouTube

Why Moldova’s Gagauzia matters to Russia and Turkey - YouTube

Important History Events

Why History? History shapes the present and future and even may repeat itself. ZRB

Moldova: A Romanian Province Under Russian Rule : Diplomatic History from ... - Marcel Mitrasca - Google Books

Constructing national history in political discourse: Coherence and contradiction (Moldova, 2001-2009) | Nationalities Papers | Cambridge Core

Moldova: A History - Rebecca Haynes - Google Books

Other Issues

Issues that may have indirect effects or long-run effects either on opportunities or risks of FDI and International Trade. ZRB

Transnistria

The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic’s choice to defend its territory and multiculturalism - YouTube

Separatist Transnistria to sell rare $20,000-a-kilo white ca... | MENAFN.COM

Separatist Transnistria to sell rare R302k-a-kilo white caviar - The Citizen

Moldova and the Transnistrian Conflict Chapter 4 2004 Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe 2004 (heinonline.org)

The Case of Transdniestr (Moldova) | Jeff Chinn | Taylor & Francis Gro (taylorfrancis.com)

The politicization of education: Identity formation in Moldova and Transnistria | Communist and Post-Communist Studies | University of California Press (ucpress.edu)

Other

Migration and child health in Moldova and Georgia | SpringerLink

Narrative, identity, state: History teaching in Moldova

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