The Ukrainian hryvnia, which has seen its exchange rate against the U.S. dollar frozen due to the tough monetary policy of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), may weaken after the presidential election on Jan. 17, 2010, according to Vladyslav Kaskiv, a Ukrainian MP and advisor to the Ukrainian premier

The agriculture sector and related food industry and heavy engineering, tourism and other services together with logistics and infrastructure development have the highest potential for growth in Ukraine. Experts expressed this opinion at roundtable Ukraine: Opportunities and Challenges organized by the Financial Times with Ukrainian Foundation for Effective Governance in New York on Tuesday

Economic and political instability over the past years have exhausted the strength of Ukraine’s economy and further delay with expensive reforms threatens to deepen the crisis in the country and, probably, deprive it of independence. These opinions dominated the roundtable Ukraine: Opportunities and Challenges arranged in New York on Tuesday

The Financial Times, one of the world's leading economic newspapers, hasn't include any Ukrainians on its list of 50 most important people of the last decade, although it considered a number of such candidates, U.S. Managing Editor of the Financial Times Chrystia Freeland has said.

The leadership of Ukraine will remain committed to independence principles and continue to move towards European integration in any presidential election outcome, says ex-Ambassador of the USA to Ukraine William Taylor

Менеджер проектов Фонда «Эффективное Управление» Игорь Гончаренко считает, что для комплексного развития ключевых секторов экономики в регионах наиболее перспективным является создание отраслевых кластеров

Last week in Moscow the Foundation for Effective Governance and Russian newspaper Vedomosti held a conference “Ukraine: Challenges and Opportunities”.

Georges Massoud has been with McKinsey & Company since 1999. His practice focuses on financial sector. Graduated from Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité – SUPELEC, France

Russian and Ukrainian experts believe that to stabilize its economic situation and improve business climate, Ukraine needs to press ahead with structural reforms

Kiev, Ukraine, October 20, 2009 - Ukraine’s rapid growth has slowed not only as a result of the global downturn, but also due to a series of structural shifts in the economy that jeopardize its longer-term recovery