How Estonia solves the problems of its “Donbas”

Over the next couple of months Ukraine will be facing powerful economic challenges

Very soon Ukrainians will begin realising that the past couple of years can hardly be called "challenging" in terms of economic and social situation

Ukraine needs strong policy of fighting the poverty

What the structure of investments in the economy of Ukraine signals about

Economic decline is destroying occupied Donbas even faster than the armed conflict at this point

What should Ukraine’s policy priorities be for the next few years?

Ukrainian exports to the EU have reached record volumes and continue to rise sharply. But the potential for economic integration is far from being used effectively.

Economic growth in most oblasts has reached pre-war levels or even passed them. What prospects does Ukraine face now?

What’s happening with Ukraine’s exports?

Ukraine’s economy will start moving upwards and gain momentum gradually

2016 should be the year Ukraine’s economic collapse ends, but real incomes and the sectors that work predominantly on the domestic market could continue contracting

External factors are pushing Ukrainian economy to overcome its extreme dependence on specific export goods and unreliable export markets

Ukraine is currently the bottom of an economic cycle, but some indicators suggest the first signs of growth. The government’s ambitious reform plan gives hope that the country will bounce back

Having survived a harsh liquidity crunch last year, the Ukrainian banking system now seems fairly stable. This impression is misleading

Governments are putting up impediments to globalisation. It is time for a fresh wave of liberalisation

While tycoons pay most of their taxes offshore, the budget crisis is escalating along with increasing tax pressure on non-oligarch businesses

A weak global environment and delays in domestic policy adjustments have led to widening and unsustainable macroeconomic imbalances in 2013, a new World Bank Economic Update for Ukraine says.

Ukrainian entrepreneurs take a break from business

Emerging economies have enjoyed a steady inflow of capital in recent years. It boosted their development and stock markets. This flow is now reversing, hitting many of them hard. Ukraine is one of the first to suffer

The American Chamber of Commerce (ACC) has sent an appeal to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, calling on the government to stop discrimination of business in the country

Since mid-2011, Ukraine has spent USD 16bn of its international reserves to keep hryvnia exchange rate unchanged. Ex-Finance Minister and current MP Viktor Pynzenyk said this in his interview for Inter TV channel, Ukrayinska Pravda, an online publication, reports

While tycoons pay most of their taxes offshore, the budget crisis is escalating along with increasing tax pressure on non-oligarch businesses

The risk of an abrupt end to capital inflows is now a worry for much of the emerging world, The Economist suggests. Turkey tops the list. Ukraine comes sixth

Accelerating grain production in Ukraine may feed politicians and oligarchs, but not the country’s jobless rural population or backward economy

A profound reboot of Ukraine’s socio-economic system is the only way to transform it from an uncompetitive Soviet fragment to a modern dynamic economy

In spite of the everlasting pro-Russian lobby in Ukraine, constant economic pressure and various trade barriers weaken influence of such a lobby on Ukraine’s economic policy and future perspectives, writes Maksym Bugriy for The Jamestown Foundation

Ukraine’s seemingly falling foreign trade deficit hides growing negative trends in the economy

Polish reformer Leszek Balcerowicz on how Ukraine can embark on market reforms

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the largest financial investor in Ukraine, plans to start borrowing in hryvnias on the local market to fund further hryvnia lending, Reuters reports

By mastering new ways of procuring food, ancient people were freed from the dependence on natural factors, causing their numbers to grow exponentially

Ukraine and Turkey are among the most vulnerable to an external funding shortfall in emerging markets as investors cut their holdings off the region’s bonds, according to Standard & Poor’s. Reports Bloomberg

Why Ukraine’s economy and public finance are in a much worse state today compared to 2012

High deposit rates with zero inflation, expensive loans and a production sector underfinanced by banks whose funds are channelled to support the cash-starved budget are all results of the government’s detrimental economic policies

Fitch Ratings lowered its rating outlook on Ukraine to negative from stable, citing the country's increasingly fragile external financing position and the likelihood that international reserves will decline further, The Wall Street Journal reports

Interviewed by Lyubomyr Shavalyuk

Despite the lack of support from most Ukrainians, the Yanukovych regime has no intention of giving up power in the 2015 presidential election and is preparing to extend its rule by artificial means

Ukraine’s oligarch-controlled economy has no room for competition. As a result, a handful of oligarchs have monopolized the biggest markets, while a lack of investment leaves the country lagging behind

Improvement of the investment climate is of the utmost importance both for Ukraine and for all the companies which have chosen this country as one of their investment destinations.

While the Party of Regions has been campaigning, claiming stability as one of its achievements, an increasing number of independent analysts look at ongoing economic processes and warn that Ukraine's economy may sink into recession by the end of 2012

The persistence of old enterprises and technology leave Ukraine’s economy archaic and uncompetitive

Growth is a flawed concept. It is measured in terms of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which dissolves under scrutiny into concepts that are inaccurate measures of economic or social well being.

Ukrainians are the most frequent victims of assaults by sea pirates, being second only to the Filipinos. Every fifth crew member kidnapped by sea terrorists is Ukrainian

To understand how the eurozone crisis may develop – and how it may affect Ukraine – we first need to understand how the euro got into such a mess in the first place.

The Ukrainian Investment Summit in London has once again proved that the Ukrainian government does not take attracting foreign investments very seriously

Despite the global crisis, Ukraine is increasing its foreign debt while producing and selling less and buying more

Michael Spence, recipient of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, explains why Ukraine, unlike Brazil or South Korea, has failed to make an economic breakthrough

Attendees at the 2012 World Economic Forum in Davos primarily discussed the future of capitalism and a coming “great transformation.” Guests at Viktor Pinchuk’s “Ukrainian dinner” were told, unconvincingly, that Kyiv is on the right track.

Switching to rubles in gas payments may undermine favorable trade agreements and pose currency risks

The government should have embarked on modernizing the Ukrainian economy yesterday. Today, 46 million people are far too many for it. Tomorrow could be even worse

The Ukrainian government commands no admiration in the EBRD

The French journalist Camille Magnard speaks about why the ex-CEO of Kryvorizhstal failed to stand the test of Ukrainian reality Camille Magnard’s report about Kryvorizhstal entitled “Arcelor Mittal tested by Ukrainian steel” and broadcast by Radio France Internationale on 2 March 2010, won the Louise Weiss Prize, an annual award from the Francophone section of the Association of European Journalists