Archive 2013

• 29.11.2013

  Impact assessment of a possible change in Russia’s trade regime vis-a-vis Ukraine

  (Code:PB_04_2013)

  Russia might change its trade regime vis-a-vis Ukraine from the current free trade regime to Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) status

  Authors:  Ryzhenkov Mykola, Movchan Veronika, Ricardo Giucci
  Tags:  German Advisory Group
• 27.05.2013

  International experience on health care provision for patients with specific disease types: case of the UK

  (Code:HC2_2013)

  The Ukrainian government began a significant reform of the healthcare system in 2011 with the aim to improve the equity and quality of health care in the country. The new system will be based on primary care provided by family doctors. The reforms do not currently address the concerns surrounding providing health care to groups of patients with particular disease types such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and cancer etc., even though this issue is essential for Ukraine due to a high proportion of the population with such diseases. To conduct any Ukrainian reform of healthcare provision for these groups, an analysis of international experience is invaluable.

  Authors:  Betliy Oleksandra, Kim Harper
• 16.05.2013

  The economic implications of the Eurozone crisis on Ukraine: Identification and quantitative assessment of transmission channels

  (Code:PB_03_2013)

  As we argue in our previous Policy Briefing PB/07/2012, the Eurozone crisis that started in spring 2010 in Greece has three components: public debt crisis, banking crisis, economic growth crisis. Apart from affecting Eurozone countries, the crisis also poses a major and on-going challenge to neighbouring countries, as economic and financial linkages are strong. Each component of the crisis has thus potential implications for Ukraine, which has strong links to the EU and the Eurozone. This policy briefing analyses and assesses these linkages in more detail.

  Authors:  Kravchuk Vitaliy, Рікардо Джуччі, Роберт Кірхнер
  Tags:  German Advisory Group
• 16.05.2013

  Official Reserve Adequacy in Ukraine: Recent Development, Assessment and Policy Implications

  (Code:PB_02_2013)

  Central banks usually hold official foreign exchange reserves (“FX reserves”) as a precautionary liquidity buffer to decrease the adverse impact of negative external shocks in times of financial stress or crises. A resulting question for the authorities is the appropriate level of such FX reserve holdings, as such holdings are usually associated with benefits and costs.

  Authors:  Kravchuk Vitaliy, Роберт Кірхнер
  Tags:  German Advisory Group
• 08.02.2013

  Towards higher energy efficiency in Ukraine’s district heating sector

  (Code:PB_01_2013)

  Objective of this Policy Briefing: аnalyse what can be done to improve energy efficiency in district heating companies

  Authors:  Kosse Iryna, Йорг Радеке
  Tags:  German Advisory Group