The cost of a good wage

A snapshot of the structure and dynamics of wages in Ukraine today

The five whales

What are the economic heft and special features of Ukraine’s biggest cities?

Scenes from a monetary marriage

What will happen with Ukraine if the International Monetary Fund walks away?

The energy two-step: first forward, now backward

How corrupt oligarchic lobbying by a Russian monopoly on Ukraine’s electricity market is destroying the country’s energy security and making Ukrainians pay more for energy than they should

A "Smuggler Hub" or Honest Work?

How have Russian counter-sanctions impacted Belarusian exports and imports?

A looming cash crunch?

Why are Ukraine’s public finances starting to look shaky?

Not bad, but could be better

Ukraine’s economy has nearly recovered to prewar levels, but for it to go into higher gear, there needs to be a serious a shift in policy priorities

Direct democracy & local budgets

As Ukraine introduces participatory budgeting, what is likely to be the social impact?

Breaking through the asphalt

What’s happening with Ukraine’s exports?

And the last shall be first

Reforms in the roadways management system are starting to show results

A road to unity

Why Ukraine should focus on developing its domestic transport infrastructure

Russia’s Azov blockade

How the Kerch bridge built by Russia blocks and threatens the ports in Mariupol and Berdiansk

Act, don’t watch

The Kremlin's gas pipelines bypassing Ukraine are a threat to the country's energy security. What can it do to protect itself from upcoming risks

7 steps to a new strategy for public banks

Deputy Minister of Finance on the revised plans for a strategic restructuring of the state banking sector in 2018-2022

A means, not an end in itself

Ukraine’s banking system needs to be put to work serving the national economic interest

Light at the end of the tunnel

Where Ukraine’s banking system is moving

Baby steps to success

How Ukraine’s joint ventures with EU countries in the energy sector develop

The battle for Naftogaz

A conflict between different groups of influence in government for control over state-owned oil and gas assets threatens to undermine the country's energy security

National champions wanted

How likely is it that companies with a global reach will emerge in Ukraine to also become the drivers of an economic breakthrough?

From saving to prosperity

How energy efficiency helps energy security and saves for the future

A 180° exchange course

What’s going to happen to the hryvnia on the currency market

How commoditized is Ukraine’s economy, really?

Assertions that Ukraine’s economy continues to evolve as a raw materials one as a result of reorienting itself on trade with the European Union do not reflect reality

Cultivating change

New growth areas in the Ukrainian agricultural sector are gradually changing the industry

Oil for food

Which model Ukraine could apply in its further economic interaction with Russia

No transit, no cry

The threats and opportunities brought by Gazprom's probable termination of gas transit through Ukraine after 2019

Diversifying from Russia: Don’t stop now...

Although there’s been a sharp reduction in trade and commercial ties with Russia and in Ukraine’s dependence on its neighbor, some key sectors still show levels of interaction that pose a threat to national security