OECD Economic Surveys : Ukraine - Economic Assessment - Volume 2007 Issue 16.

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This first OECD Economic Survey for the Ukraine reviews recent economic developments and points out key economic challenges that Ukraine faces in the medium-term, including reducing barriers to economic growth though institutional and regulatory reform and raising competitiveness. The Survey makes a series of Recommendations. Table of contents Basic statistics of Ukraine Executive summary Chapter 1. Macroeconomic performance and policy: the challenge of sustaining growth An impressive recovery, but uncertain prospects The contribution of macroeconomic policies to growth Moving to an investment-led growth path Notes Bibliography Annex 1.A1. Macroeconomic data Annex 1.A2. Policy reform and agriculture Annex 1.A3. Energy consumption in Ukraine Chapter 2. Reducing barriers to growth: the role of institutional and regulatory reform Framework conditions for entrepreneurship. Reducing barriers to entry, exit and reallocation: the role of product-market reformNotes Bibliography Annex 2.A1. Product-market regulation in Ukraine Annex 2.A2. The small business sector and the simplified tax system Annex 2.A3. Labour productivity at firm level Chapter 3. Raising the competitiveness of the economy Ukrainian competitiveness: an assessment Accelerating productivity convergence Notes Bibliography Annex 3.A1. Foreign trade d.