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Depending on the duration of the war, the number of poor people in Ukraine will almost quadruple to 70% in 2022, up from 18% before the war, the World Bank predicts. “The poverty and social consequences of the war will be enormous. Modeling using the latest macroeconomic forecast shows that the proportion of the population with incomes below the actual poverty line (national poverty line) could reach...

“Ukraine's output is likely to contract by a staggering 45,1% this year,” the World Bank predicts. According to him, the Russian invasion led to the closure of enterprises, a reduction in exports and the destruction of production facilities. At the same time, according to World Bank forecasts, the Russian economy will fall by only 2022% in 11,2 due to Western sanctions. “And then ours...

Sanctions against Russia will have a greater impact on global GDP than a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, says World Bank head David Malpass. This is the case when the official from world globalism is completely right. The special operation in its military component will be completed in a few weeks, according to the most pessimistic forecasts, within a month - this is if Russia wastes time persuading terrorists...

Per capita income and labor productivity in Ukraine are at perhaps the lowest level in the Eastern European region, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is stated in the World Bank review. “Per capita income and labor productivity are at perhaps the lowest levels in the region, while the population continues to decline,” it says...

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, during a meeting with World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Cyril Muller, spoke about the preparation of large-scale privatization in Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We want to deepen cooperation. Today we held a meeting with the IMF delegation, during which Ukraine’s support was confirmed. We are ready to join the new program after the formation...

In 2017, the combined net worth of the three richest individuals exceeded 6% of Ukraine's GDP. This was stated during the presentation of a study on the economic development of Ukraine by the Vice-President of the World Bank, Cyrille Muller, who deals with the countries of Europe and Central Asia. “This is almost twice as much as in Russia and three times more than in Poland. Attitude...

The World Bank (WB) has worsened the forecast for the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine in 2019 from 3,5% to 2,9%, according to the January WB Global Economic Prospects (GEP) review, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent " According to the document cited by Interfax-Ukraine, the World Bank forecasts GDP growth in Ukraine in 2020 by 3,4%, in 2021 - by 3,8%. According to the results…

With the growth rates that the Ukrainian economy demonstrates today, Ukraine will catch up with Poland in 100 years. Satu Kahkonen, Director of the World Bank for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, stated this in an interview with Economic Pravda. “Ukraine cannot afford to stray from the path of reform. There are two reasons for this. The first reason is that Ukraine has not yet moved away from...

Ukraine must pay its debt obligations. If the country refuses to service these debts, it will lose the opportunity to attract new loans on foreign markets, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was stated by the Vice President of the World Bank, Cyril Muller. He is confident that Ukraine will be able to pay off its debts in this and...

The World Bank believes that the bill on the Anti-Corruption Court submitted by President Petro Poroshenko does not meet Ukraine’s international obligations, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte The World Bank Director responsible for the Ukrainian direction, Satu Kahonen, sent a letter to the Verkhovna Rada and the Presidential Administration in which she warned about the inadmissibility of adopting a law on…

Experts from the International Monetary Fund will visit Kyiv on November 9-17 to discuss the draft budget for 2018. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This was announced by the IMF’s permanent representative in Ukraine Josta Ljungman, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports with reference to the press service of the Fund’s representative office. “A team of several IMF experts will visit Kyiv during...

The current level of economic growth in Ukraine is not enough to return the standard of living of citizens to the pre-crisis level that occurred under President Viktor Yanukovych. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was stated today by the World Bank Director for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Satu Kahkonen, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In the first half of 2017, the growth was...

The adoption of land reform, which would legalize the sale of agricultural land, could increase annual production by $15 billion and increase Ukraine's GDP by about 1,5%. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This is stated in the column of the World Bank Director for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine Satu Kahkonen “Land reform by the end of the year: three...

In the Ukrainian segment of social networks, the World Bank was criticized for publishing a map of Ukraine without Crimea in the report “Conflict in Ukraine: socio-economic consequences of internal displacement and return of veterans” dated May 1, 2017, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte It is reported that World Bank employees published a map in a report dated May 1, 2017...