First published in 2005. By focusing on planning this Year Book follows a tradition well established in Comparative Education. This year book hopes that by drawing together into one volume contributions from many distinguished specialists, it hopes to help in the necessary organization and systematization of a field which is full of promise.

Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.

This paper reviews Moldova’s Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Monetary and Financial Policy Transparency, and Banking Supervision. Compliance with the Basel Core Principles and the IMF Code of Good Practices on Transparency in Monetary and Financial Policies was found to be good with many of the principles, although implementation is sometimes less so. Banks are the most developed part of the financial system. Quantitative indicators of financial soundness are at impressive levels.