Ukrainian Political Economy

The First Ten Years

R. Kravchuk

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2003
• ISBN:
  9780230107243
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Trade & Tariffs
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This comprehensive and detailed examination of the challenges faced by the newly independent state of Ukraine argues that its lackluster economic performance during the 1990s was the unfortunate result of a combination of the hasty adoption of public policies not clearly understood and a prolonged struggle to build governmental institutions. With a focus on both how the government used financial repression to balance budgets, dampen inflationary pressures and, at the same time, maintain formal and informal subsidies to state enterprises. It makes original contributions to the debate on economic reform by focusing attention on Ukraine's critical choices in the areas of state institution-building, fiscal policies and monetary reform, and the government's preference for financially-repressive policy measures.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword by Taras Kuzio
• 1. Economic Crisis, Change, and Reform in the Ukrainian Context
• 2. The Ukrainian Economy in the 1990s
• 3. Establishing Economic Sovereignty, 1991–94
• 4. Kuchma as Economic Reformer, 1994–2001
• 5. The Challenge of Fiscal Reform
• 6. Tax Policy and Subnational Finances
• 7. From Hyperinflation to Stabilization, 1991–96
• 8. Financial Repression in the Ukrainian Economy
• Notes
• Index