A good infrastructure usually attracts more investors. However, we have a paradox in the Republic of Moldova - the most economically developed regions are Chisinau and Balti, but the infrastructure in these municipalities fails in front of the existing ones in other regions of the republic. The top of the most competitive regions, conducted by IDIS "Viitorul" (http://competitiveness.viitorul.org), shows that in Soroca, Briceni and Edinet have the best infrastructure in the Republic of Moldova.

Find out from the April edition of the Newsletter "Budgets Without Secrets"

Find out in the April issue of the Newsletter "Budgets without secrets" how the northern regions manage to attract investors and what position the Chisinau and Balti municipalities have in this respect.

Also in this issue you will find the following interesting topics:

ONLINE: Agenda of a mayor, public or not?
INVOLVEMENT: The gravel of the village, at the mayor's market
REFORM: The return to the districts cost Moldova 20 billion lei
ANALYSIS: Moldova's mayoralties spending more than planned and investing zero lei in infrastructure
CENSUS: Republic of Moldova, depopulated
VISITS: Local public authorities, helped to become more transparent

More information you can find in the Newsletter (available only in Romanian)

The publication aims to make transparent the activity of local public authorities in Moldova by promoting transparency and financial accountability.

The Newsletter is produced within the project “Transparent, financially sound and competitive municipalities in Moldova” which is implemented by the Institute for Economic and Social Reforms (INEKO) in partnership with IDIS “Viitorul”, with the support of the SlovakAid and the US Embassy to Moldova. The project aims to increase the financial accountability of local governments in 50 municipalities throughout Moldova.