World Bank2024-08-132024-08-132024-08-13https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42039As the number of forcibly displaced persons around the world reached a record 120 million in June 2024, the World Bank continues to deepen its efforts to understand and respond to the unique needs of these vulnerable populations. In recognition of the level of priority this issue has taken on in The World Bank, the 2023 edition of the annual World Development Report (WDR) focused on the topic of Migrants, Refugees and Societies. This WDR includes a specific call for a medium-term perspective that addresses the needs of refugees and prioritizes clear global and national responsibility sharing. The World Bank’s support for people displaced outside of their home countries is underpinned by its adherence to the Global Compact on Refugees, adopted by the United Nations in 2018. Most recently, The World Bank adopted a new corporate scorecard which includes the provision of services and livelihoods to displaced persons and host communities as one of the organizations’ 15 main results indicators.4 This study aims to identify the key impacts, needs of refugees and their host communities in Moldova and recommendations for addressing these needs. It builds on previous and ongoing assessments by various agencies, including UN agencies, to better understand the current and future implications of refugee movements and settlements in Moldova, especially in terms of service delivery, infrastructure, household livelihoods and local government capacity. This report’s survey focused on LPAs because these local officials are the primary government points of contact for displaced population in their communities as well as the interlocutors between displaced persons and national government departments. This study focuses on the perspectives of LPAs and the open-ended expressed needs and experiences of displaced persons.en-USCC BY-NC 3.0 IGOFORCED DISPLACEMENTACCESS TO FINANCEPOPULATIONGOVERNANCELIVELIHOODSEDUCATIONFINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENTFINANCIAL INCLUSIONHEALTH, NUTRITION AND POPULATIONPUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENTSOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABORSELF-EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIPLABOR DEMANDLABOR MARKETSPOPULATION DISPLACEMENTSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTPEACE OPERATIONS AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENTPOST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTIONSOCIAL COHESIONPOPULATION RESETTLEMENTFRAGILITY, CONFLICT AND VIOLENCEDECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTHSDG 8SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIESSDG 11PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONSSDG 16ReportWorld Bank10.1596/42039