Commitment title:

Scientific support for policymakers

Commitment description:

- Monitoring the dynamics of the main demographic processes, developing hypotheses regarding changes in the dynamics of fertility, mortality, internal and external migration.
- Developing of demographic forecasts, forecasting of number of different categories / subgroups of population (students, economically active population, pensioners).
- Improvement of the instruments for demographic situation monitoring of territorials (Integral Territorial Index of Demographic Security);
- Calculation of the Active Aging Index with a periodicity of 3 years;
- Implementation of the National transfer accounts methodology for monitoring of the influence of demographic changes on socio-economic dynamics, public finances, gender equity and between generations.
- Developing policies measures for stabilize the demographic situation, based on the study of the experience of the countries from the region facing similar problems, highlighting the reserves of diminishing the demographic decline and the conservation of human capital.

Mode of engagement:
  • Policy and guidance
    The Center for Demographic Research will continue to provide decision-makers with analytical-scientific support in the process of developing, implementing and monitoring of the population and development policies.
Commitment to be actioned in: Republic of Moldova
Submitted by
National Institute for Economic Research
Thematic area
Draw on demographic diversity to drive economic growth and achieve sustainable development
Commitment category

(10) Providing quality, timely and disaggregated data, that ensures privacy of citizens and is also inclusive of younger adolescents, investing in digital health innovations, including in big data systems, and improvement of data systems to inform policies aimed at achieving sustainable development.