Population is suffocated by poverty, while businessmen by imperfect legislation, research

The Moldovans consider that poverty and unemployment are the most serious problems, shows a research performed by Transparency International-Moldova. The interviewed economic entities said the imperfectness of the fiscal legislation is the problem they encounter most often, Info-Prim Neo reports. Households rank corruption third, after poverty and unemployment. A part of the respondents consider that the judicial system is unfair and this affects their social welfare. Besides the imperfect legislation among problems, the businessmen also mentioned the political instability and the too high taxes. The businesspeople also said that Moldova experiences a shortage of qualified labor force and the tax inspectors carry out inspections too often. The households are dissatisfied with the quality of the communication services and medical assistance, which they consider unsatisfactory. The study also shows that the number of businessmen who say that the state does not help them to develop their businesses and even places obstacles to them has decreased. Compared with 2000, the number of those who accuse the state of putting hindrances to them in business halved. On the other hand, the time that the civil servants allot for solving the people’s problems decreased two times on 2005. Asked what the tax inspectors do when they identify a violation of the legislation, most of the economic entities (over 70% of the respondents), said that they draw up reports according to the regulations. 23% of those polled said the inspectors suggest that if they pay money their problem will be solved easier. The number of state inspections over four years fell from 21 on average in 2008 to six in 2012. The research “Perceptions and experiences of household representatives and businessmen regarding corruption in the Republic of Moldova” was carried out in partnership with CBS-AXA and with support from the US Department of State.