Emigratie

This article from Edward Lucas describes the emigration situation well in all of Eastern Europe, not just in Moldova.

Notice that of all the Eastern European countries, Moldova creates the highest amount of its GDP through remittances; in total, over a quarter of the country's GDP is based on workers sending money from abroad.

Also, with Romania's entrance into the EU, Moldova faces another problem; Moldovans requesting Romanian citizenship, mostly in order to give them even easier access to the West's job markets.