This Guide was prepared by the Governance Global Practice Rule of law in ECA group in cooperation with YUCOM, a Serbian human rights NGOs. It aims at promoting access to justice in Serbia and strengthen legal literacy, especially among small business owners and the poorer sectors of society who cannot afford legal representation.
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Romania has made considerable progress in recent years towards reducing macroeconomic imbalances. Such reductions, together with monetary policies and structural reforms, either implemented or in progress, have contributed to maintaining macroeconomic and financial stability.
... See More + After the budget deficit peaked in 2009‐2011 in the context of the economic and financial crisis, Romania’s economy then started to recover, at first with a modest annual GDP growth rate of less than 1 percent, but increasing over the period 2013‐2015 to an average of 3.4 percent. The unemployment rate, however, remained constant at below 7 percent, while investments continued to rise, reaching 23.7 percent of GDP in 2015, which was the highest in the EU. Education policies and those aimed at increasing the quality of the workforce are paramount for combating poverty and supportingeconomic growth.The results, as contained in this report, are based on a new World Bank tool designed for this purpose. Known as SABER‐WfD, the tool is part of the World Bank’s initiative on Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) whose aim is to provide systematic documentation and assessment of the policy and institutional factors that influence the performance of education and training systems. The SABER‐WfD tool encompasses initial, continuing and targeted vocational education and training that are offered through multiple channels, and focuses largely on programs at the secondary and post‐secondary levels.
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The development objective of Education Reform Project for Moldova is strengthening the quality of education while supporting the efficiency reforms being implemented in the education sector.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (i) appropriate signposting of the sites will inform workers of key rules and regulations to follow; (ii) keep demolition debris in controlled area and spray with water mist to reduce debris dust; (iii) construction noise will be limited to restricted times agreed to in the permit; (iv) waste collection and disposal pathways and sites will be identified for all major waste types expected from demolition and construction activities; (v) the approach to handling sanitary wastes and wastewater from building sites (installation or reconstruction) must be approved by the local authorities; (vi) if the building is a designated historic structure, very close to such a structure, or located in a designated historic district, notify and obtain approval or permits from local authorities and address all construction activities in line with local and national legislation; (vii) if asbestos is located on the project site, mark clearly as hazardous material; (viii) appropriate storage facilities for medical waste are in place; and (ix) ensuring safe and continuous access to office facilities, shops and residences during renovation activities, if the buildings stay open for the public.
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This Guidebook was prepared for the purpose of supporting the development and evaluation of analyses on marginalized communities, as basis for the implementation of viable and sustainable development projects in such areas.
... See More + The document is aimed first of all at supporting future applicants for projects targeting marginalized communities; this is achieved by means of providing an extended set of quantitative and qualitative research instruments, relevant social indicators and recommendations of research options to be used both for the validation marginalized areas, and for the identification of problems and solutions specific to such territorial clusters. Second, the Guidebook is meant to serve as reference document for the evaluators of projects that include analyses on marginalized areas and communities, providing suggestions for sets of criteria which assist evaluators in the assessment of such analyses.
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This report has been prepared to support the government of Moldova’s efforts to identify and begin to address issues and opportunities in relation to their state owned enterprises (SOEs).
... See More + The report documents the findings of Phase I technical assistance, delivered by the World Bank Governance team in collaboration with the United Kingdom's Good Governance Fund, and serves as a foundation for the development and prioritization of potential reforms. Recognizing the challenges and legacy of reforms in this area, the report outlines current practices and highlights key areas for future focus by policy makers which may help improve public ownership. The report focuses on key areas of corporate governance that are vital to ensure that SOEs operate efficiently, transparently, and in an accountable manner. It draws on publicly available data, as well as material provided by counterparts and collected from country authorities. The report makes a number of recommendations for reform. Phase 2 of this technical assistance will support implementation and capacity building in selected areas.
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The main purpose of this study is to monitor the business environment and assess the impact state policies and the regulatory requirements have on businesses operating in Moldova.
... See More + The project was carried out based on the following goals: provide the State of the Republic of Moldova and the national and international institutions with quantitative data on the cost incurred by business to comply with state regulations, provide support to the State of Moldova on quality policy analysis with a view to implement the necessary decisions to improve business and investment climates in Moldova, assist the civil society institutions that make recommendations and need to monitor their impact, establish a tool to monitor the changes in the business environment and the impact of the measures taken to reduce barriers and corruption in business.
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The costs and long duration of court proceedings can be discouraging, and for the poor and micro and small enterprises (MSMEs) it can preclude access to justice entirely.
... See More + According to the latest CEPEJ data, in 2014 disposition time of first instance civil and commercial litigious cases ranged from 97 days in Lithuania to 532 in Italy, with an overall EU average of 250 days.2 Costs (comprising both lawyer and court fees) can sometimes be greater than the value of the claim. Legislators around the world have long recognized that disputes concerning smaller claims may not require the same complex procedures and rules; instead, they can be resolved in a cheaper and more efficient manner. Although small claims procedure is not a new phenomenon and has existed for decades, it has only recently gained traction. Factors such as popular demand spur more and more countries into looking for new and faster ways to deal with smaller claims, as citizens are looking for simpler, ICT-enabled ways to resolve smaller disputes. This report provides a comparative analysis of small claims procedure in the 28 EU Member States, including lessons learned and good practices, to inform EU members and candidate countries looking to introduce or reform their small claims procedure. It considers a number of dimensions, namely: court fees, thresholds, institutional set-up, use of technology, the role of lawyers, lawyer fees, and avenues of appeal.
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Doing Business in the European Union 2017 focuses on business regulations and their enforcement in five Doing Business areas. It goes beyond Sofia, Budapest and Bucharest to benchmark 19 additional cities.
... See More + The annual Doing Business report aims to draw attention to how red tape affects small and medium-size businesses and encourage governments to look outward to learn from global good practices. This report highlights differences both among and within countries. Differences in regulatory performance across locations can help national and local policy makers to identify priority areas for reform and to find good practices that can guide the way forward. Good local and global practices are identified throughout the report, as well as opportunities for regulatory reform in each country. The study’s results are revealing: the gap between the benchmarked cities is significant, even within the same country—with the biggest regulatory differences found within Bulgaria and Romania. Yet each country also has cities that are world class in at least one area. This study will benefit our partner countries as a tool to promote competition between the cities and regions, to encourage peer learning, and to inspire policy makers to improve the ease of doing business in their jurisdictions. Small administrative improvements can make a big difference in the life of small firms—unlike larger businesses that face the same bureaucratic inefficiencies, they do not have access to the resources and skills needed to get better and faster service.
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Romania is the fastest growing economy in the European Union (EU), and Bucharest and Romania’s secondary cities have been its main growth engines.
... See More + However, while Bucharest has reached productivity levels comparable to those of other EU capitals, secondary cities in Romania still have some ways to go before competing on equal footing with secondary cities in the EU. Without strengthening these secondary cities, the Romanian economy cannot sustain growth in the coming years. The most competitive secondary cities are those that are most astute at attracting people, investments, and tourists. This report looks at the cities that have been most successful at attracting migrants and commuters, and proposes a number of recommendations aimed at making secondary cities more attractive and competitive. The report is primarily addressed to policy makers and to a lay audience interested in urban development issues.This report is structured along four main sections: 1) An analysis of development dynamics, with a particular focus on the importance of cities in driving growth and development; 2) An analysis of migration and commuter patterns in Romania; 3) An analysis of the cities and areas that have been most successful at attracting people, and an analysis of the urban areas that will likely attract most people in the future. 4) Recommendations on how EU, national, and local policies and investments can help make secondary cities more competitive.
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This study was organized with the support of the Ministry of Economy and the World Bank. TheSurvey on Cost of state regulation of business activity is carried out annually since 2002.The data collection period was from September to October 2017.
... See More + The survey study covered theregistration, construction, trading across borders, purchasing of equipment - in the last three years, the judiciary environment - in the last two years and for the remaining areas - the last year or the time of questioning. Interviews were carried out by trained personnel, guided by a structured questionnaire approved by the beneficiary. Interviewers travelled to respondent's business office to conduct face to face interviews with company managers. Companies have been randomly selected from the total number of companies in Moldova, currently functioning.The data was analysed using the SPSS software. To ensure the representativeness of the obtainedresults, the high dispersion series outliers were removed. In many cases the median was used todistinguish the central tendency. Indicators were calculated by overall country, region, type and size of company. The report contains only relations bearing some sort of relevance. Average indicators with values displaying very large dispersions due to the low number of respondents were not included in the report.
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