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The Second Start of Transformation in Ukraine?
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2014-9-30-52
Abstract
The Ukrainian socio-economic crisis has been developing for years and resulted in the open socio-political turmoil and armed conflict. The Ukrainian population didn’t meet objectives of the post-Soviet transformation, and people were disillusioned for years, losing trust in the state and the Future. The role of workers’ remittances in the Ukrainian economy is underestimated, since the personal consumption and stability depend strongly on them. Social inequality, oligarchic control of key national assets contributed to instability as well as regional disparity, aggravated by identity differences. Economic growth is slow due to a long-term underinvestment, and prospects of improvement are dependent on some difficult institutional reforms, macro stability, open external markets and the elites’ consensus. Recovering after socio-economic and political crisis will need not merely time, but also governance quality improvement, institutions reform, the investment climate revival - that can be attributed as the second transformation in Ukraine.
About the Authors
L. Grigoryev
National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia); Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
E. Buryak
Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. Golyashev
Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Grigoryev L., Buryak E., Golyashev A. The Second Start of Transformation in Ukraine? Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2014;(9):30-52. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2014-9-30-52
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