Following France’s pledge at the Moldova Support Conference on April 5th in Berlin, Moldova and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have signed a credit facility agreement worth 60 million euros on October 28th. The financial resources will help the Republic of Moldova to promote renewable energies, enhance the sustainability of the railway sector and mitigate the impact of the energy crisis on disadvantaged families. In the short run, this policy-based budget support is a response to immediate financing needs of Moldova in the context of the Ukrainian crisis (increase in energy...