Transition and Human Security Moldova 1999

This year the National Human Development Report argues that human beings are the first priority in the development process - economic growth and economy itself being no more than a means towards achieving human development. A Schopenhauer wrote, "man's inner wealth is more important than the objects he owns.” However, in a post-socialist country where several generations have lived with the expectation of a brighter future, one cannot ignore an examination of economic developments under the current conditions of transition