UKRAINE TRADE POLICY ANALYTICS&STATISTICS

In the study, BRAAC experts have analyzed effects of the WTO membership on different aspects of the economic life of Ukraine. In contrast to the previous publication on the same subject, the authors of the report conclude that “the balance of Ukraine’s WTO membership over the first year is positive.” You can read the full text of the study here.

This survey was undertaken by the UNDP Blue Ribbon Analytical and Advisory Centre together with Ukrainian and foreign experts following the request of the Parliamentary Committee on European Integration of Ukraine.
Download survey (34 pages/148 KB, pdf).

In its first Economic Assessment of Ukraine, the OECD says the factors that have helped boost average annual growth to over 7 percent over the past six years are unlikely to last. Sustaining Ukraine’s strong economic growth will require firm action to cut red tape and bring down barriers to competition, says a new OECD report. It adds that opening up markets to domestic as well as foreign entrants would boost productivity growth while public administration reform and a stronger legal system are needed to improve the business climate and tackle corruption.

A voluminous analytical study (320 pages) carried out at the International Center for Policy Studies, in which possible impacts of free trade with the EU on major sectors of the Ukrainian economy are considered in detail.

The brochure covers the general principles and legal basis of the World Trade Organization and European Union regarding programs of government support for national producers. The book also presents the experience of Poland in the area of reforming the policy of governmental subsidies. This experience is very useful for Ukraine in view of the scale and place of the economies of the two neighboring countries in the region and world. Based on the review of the government subsidies policy in Ukraine, the analysts offer the recommendations concerning reforming the policy. The study has been prepared by a joint expert group of the Ukrainian Center of International Integration (Kyiv, Ukraine) and Foreign Trade Research Institute (FTRI, Warsaw, Poland).