MOLDOVA'S INFLOW OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE EXPORT CREATION AND INCREASING COMPETITIVENESS
MOLDOVA'S INFLOW OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE EXPORT CREATION AND INCREASING COMPETITIVENESS

Summary/Abstract: Foreign trade and foreign direct investments are widely considered the two main engines that fuel economic growth and development of a country. Moldovan’s situation is quiet a unique one, because even after almost 30 years of independence it still find itself in a transition type of state. The main goal of the article is to submit to the analysis the current state of the Moldovan’s exports and foreign direct investments inflows. It examines the dynamic of the two during 2002-2018 period. The methods used in this paper are, on the one hand, the Content Analysis with a focus on qualitative observation and, on the other hand, a quantitative analysis, using the correlation between the volume of exports and foreign direct investments in order to identify the link between these indicators. As a result, we notice very little to know correlation between export and foreign direct investments in case of the Republic of Moldova, which leads us to the idea that further research is, required which would implicate other factors.

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