Republic of Moldova — General Population Needs and Vulnerability Assessment Round 1 (November 2023 - January 2024)

The General Population Needs and Vulnerability Assessment (GPS) is the quarterly representative survey assessing the situation of the local population of the Republic of Moldova and is conducted to identify changes and trends in their vulnerabilities, needs, and intentions over time. The study is a joint initiative of IOM and the World Food Programme (WFP) with inputs to the questionnaire from the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (MoLSP). The key findings include:

• 19% of the households (HH) are food insecure, while 37% reported having used crisis and emergency coping strategies to respond to their food needs.
• 12% of HH had to borrow money or rely on friends to afford food while 22% had to reduce the number of meals per day.
• 32% per cent of the respondents reported having at least one chronically ill person in their household, 18% reported the presence of a person with disabilities.
• 85% of the respondents were employed. 54% of the HH had more than one adult member earning an income.
• 19% of HH received social assistance. Among them, 56% reported that the social assistance they received was not sufficient or barely sufficient to cover their households’ basic needs.