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    Financial inclusion role in the times of COVID-19 pandemics
    (Performantica, 2020) Iordachi, Victoria; Ciobu, Stela
    Governments, development institutions, and economists are promoting a broad agenda of inclusion in economic and social life, including universal access to education, health care, social security, clean water, and sanitation. Financial inclusion has come to be seen as an important part of this agenda. This reflects the view that individuals, households, and firms cannot take full advantage of available opportunities for economic and social development if they lack adequate and appropriate access to financial products and services. Financial inclusion contributes to improved household welfare, increased business productivity and fostered economic growth. The measures taken to fight COVID-19 have given the financial inclusion a significant boost thanks to a wider range of financial services that being used remotely are helping to improve decision-making. Thus, the COVID-19 crisis is driving a massive shift toward using technology and innovations. Handled responsibly, the digitalization of finance, for both individuals and private sector, can help countries rebuild better after the pandemics. The world economy is now facing an urgency to address all the existent vulnerabilities with minimum costs and maximum time-saving, while financial inclusion has an important role to play in the process of adapting to new realities.
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    Prospects for the development of homeschooling in the Republic of Moldova
    (Performantica, 2022) Savcenco, Silvia; Ciobanu, Mihail
    Recently, the number of parents who decide to withdraw their children from school in order to provide them with education at home has increased, as they are dissatisfied with both the pandemic situation and the school situation, the teaching process, collegial relations, overloaded school curriculum and a lot of other issues that worry parents. In order to increase their perception of social prestige, many parents choose to send their children to private kindergartens and schools to ensure their harmonious development. Homeschooling is the education that takes place at home, in other words "family education", which has as a priority the interests and desires of the child. It is carried out on the basis of an individual program in accordance with the curriculum of the Ministry of Education and Research with the individual abilities and skills of the child, where the direct role belongs to the parent, who is a mentor, guide or coach. Homeschooling, in fact, means that the parents take over the role of the teacher, the child is not sent to kindergarten or school, but studies at home. In the Republic of Moldova, homeschooling is not legal, but is carried out through umbrella institutions abroad, where the child can be included in a legal education system. This article aims to reveal the following aspects of homeschooling: how family-educated children socialize; what is the legal status of homeschooling in the Republic of Moldova; what are the benefits of alternative family education; how independent children are educated and instructed. The advantages and disadvantages of homeschooling will be identified and solutions to its problems will be offered.
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    State regulation of entrepreneurial activity in the Republic of Moldova: an obstacle or an advantage for entrepreneurs?
    (Performantica, 2022) Vinogradova, Natalia
    The entrepreneurial ecosystem of the Republic of Moldova is still at the stage of formation. The observed trend of growth in the number of small and medium-sized enterprises is not accompanied by a qualitative growth of enterprises. This indicates the underdevelopment of key components of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, one of which is the state regulation of entrepreneurial activity. The development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country directly depends on the regulatory framework that the state creates for business. The article describes the main directions of the state policy to reduce regulatory pressure on business in the Republic of Moldova, as well as some results of a survey of entrepreneurs to assess the factors of such a component of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, as the regulatory and normative framework. The survey was carried out as part of the applied research project 20.80009.0807.38 „Multidimensional assessment and development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem at the national and regional level in order to boost the SME sector in the Republic of Moldova‖, financed from the state budget of the Republic of Moldova, in AprilMay, 2021. The results of the survey of entrepreneurs showed that despite the measures taken by the state over the last years to ease the regulatory burden on business, entrepreneurs still consider the legal framework and regulation a serious barrier. So, practically by all evaluated factors, negative evaluations exceed positive ones. Consequently, the state authorities of the Republic of Moldova should continue to implement measures within the framework of the reform of the regulatory framework of entrepreneurial activity with the goal of creating a favorable business climate in the country.
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    Adaptive case management as a tool of assessment of issues of children in difficulty
    (Performantica, 2021) Ciobanu, Mihail
    The unpredictability and lack of routine in the manifestation of many aspects of social and economic life makes it difficult to ensure accuracy in determining and implementing measures to address socio-economic problems that are faced by the population of vulnerable groups, especially such a category as children in difficulty due to social, economic, natural and other reasons. One such tool that could meet such requirements is the adaptive case management. This article reviews the concept and use of adaptive case management in various areas of human activity, identifies the challenges of applying this tool and the solutions to them, also it proposes an adaptation of a case template for assessment of the social and economic problems of children in difficulty and their support.
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    Moldovan labour market issues in context of demographic changes
    (Performantica, 2021) Zaharov, Svetlana
    This article is the result of a macroeconomic analysis of labour market in the Republic of Moldova. The article examines demographic factors, such as population decline and demographic ageing, that can impact to the change in macro indicators of labour market in prospective. The author's Forecast of labour force supply for the period up to 2035, including three scenarios, showed that the supply of economically active population will decline and losses can be significant. The reduction in amount of labour force, the -contraction‖ of labour market will have an impact on the functioning of labour market. By 2035, the labour force will decrease not only quantitatively, but its qualitative characteristics will change. The labor force structure will be characterized by a disproportionate reduction in number of workers under the age of 40. Age groups from 40 to 54 years will dominate the labour market. Accordingly, the average age of labour force will rise. The increase in the number of older age groups in labour market will lead to question of increasing the competitiveness of these age groups in labour market. Model of demand for labour force, elaborated by author, is based on the use of the production method of calculating GDP based on the system of national accounts. On the basis of this model, the Forecast of labour demand for the period up to 2035 was elaborated. The ratio of forecasts the supply and demand for labour showed the deficit of labour force in labour market by 2035. The economic growth will require the involvement of additional number of workers in next decades. Analysis of the reserves for maintaining the balance of supply and demand of labour force, market stability in the perspective period has shown that the inactive population cannot compensate for the need for additional workers. The main reserve for maintaining the balance between demand and supply of labour force in conditions of the decline and ageing population is the increase in labour productivity. Sectors of economy with low labour productivity can serve as the obstacle to the growth of total labour productivity and economic growth. The growth of labour productivity is possible only on the basis of the increasing in the educational level and improvement in the quality of labour force. Consequently, the supply and demand for labour force were calculated in the perspective, the reserves for maintaining stability in labour market in conditions of demographic changes were determined and argued. The results of research can be used in the elaboration and evaluation of state employment programs, in the practical activities of the structures responsible for labour market. Given paper has been developed within the framework of the Scientific Project for the period 2020- 2023, registered in the State Register of projects in the field of science and innovation of the Republic of Moldova with the code 20.80009.0807.21 Proiect Program de Stat - Migrația, schimbări demografice și politici de stabilizare a situației‖ / Project State Program - Migration, demographic change and stabilization policies‖.