摘要:Traditionally the Bank's periodic economic studies on borrowing member countries, known as "country economic memorandum" (CEM), are prepared by Bank staff based on a short visit to the country. The Bank decided to try a different approach to preparing the CEM for Ukraine. The CEM was done by local experts in a highly participatory process. The papers include: 1) "Agrarian Policy" analyzes Ukraine's agrarian policy. 2) "Policy in Education" presents strategic goals to be pursued in education and proposes ways of achieving those goals. 3) "Energy Policy" describes the current energy policy, provides its critical analysis, and outlines prospective policies and obstacles that may hinder their implementation. 4) "Fiscal Policy" analyzes the tax and budget policies currently pursued that have resulted in increased tax arrears and arrears payable from the budget. 5) "Health Care Policy" provides the objectives and strategic goals of this policy. 6) "Industrial and Foreign Trade Policy" reviews that during a period of falling demand for industrial products on internal markets, industrial production needs increasingly to be oriented towards exports. 7) "Shadow Economy Policy" defines peculiarities and causes of growth and transformation of the shadow economy in Ukraine, and how it affects the political socio-economic condition. 8) "Social Protection Policies" supports efforts to deter poverty through radically reforming the pension system and enhancing employment policies.
