OREANDA-NEWS. May 28, 2008. Within the first quarter of 2008 the amount of investments to Moldova’s basic capital stock made up 1 billion 880,8 million lei (\\$182,2 million), increasing by 30,1% as compared to the same period of 2007.

The data is provided by the National Bureau of Statistics. According to the Bureau, in particular, within the first quarter of 2008 the volume of construction and assembly works upped by 13,9% making up 969,4 million lei (\\$93,9 million) against the same period of 2007.

The surface of housing built within January-March 2008 decreased by 26,3% against the same period of 2007 making up 84,7 thousand sq m. Investment activity in Moldova has intensified mainly due to private sector enterprises.

Main sources of investment financing in Moldova were private resources of economic agents and population, as well as foreign resources.