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02.06.14
Your “receipt” for the state budget of Ukraine, 2013: How to understand state budget
“In 2013, consolidated budget revenues reached 442.7 billion UAH, or 30.4% of GDP, while pension fund revenues alone were 166.9 […]
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07.04.14
Public Control of State Finances: “Participatory budgeting” in Ukraine
Embezzlement has long been the norm in Ukraine. It seems that any effort to curb the country’s chronic corruption is […]
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19.03.14
How much do cigarettes cost? The “cobra effect” of excise taxes
Policymakers in Ukraine seem to suffer from chronic short-sightedness. Momentary profit always triumphs over optimal long-term outcomes in their mind, […]
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12.02.14
Primary Care Reform: Much noise, little change
Since 2010 Ukraine has begun to implement a state healthcare reform initiative, in particular actively targeting the development of primary […]
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04.01.14
How much does the government cost? Why exactly am I paying taxes?
The term “inter-budgetary relations” exists as a sort of “technical” term in the field of economic policymaking; hence, the general […]
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03.01.14
Inter-budgetary relations: In search of the “golden mean”
The term “inter-budgetary relations” exists as a sort of “technical” term in the field of economic policymaking; hence, the general […]
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02.01.14
Social assistance a la Ukrainien or what happened to the money
The social assistance reform is one of the most important technical reforms badly needed in Ukraine. Every year the government […]