Ukraine on the road to Europe with 23 figures and 30 tables

Ukraine is without doubt geographically a part of Europe. And yet, the integration process into international and European structures, which Ukraine has consistently pursued since its independence in 1991, is not firmly anchored in the perceptions of either Ukrainians or most international observers. To many Ukrainians the road to Europe is synonymous with membership in the EU or at least with a treaty of association. To travel this road, however, Ukraine will have to first mobilise its economic potential by accelerating and intensifying the process of transformation and by opening its economy. In this volume the authors - German advisors to the Ukrainian Government, researchers and politicians from neighbouring countries and representatives of European institutions - provide proposals for the reform of the Ukrainian economy that will help it move closer to Europe. Europe is many things - certainly more than the EU, and certainly Ukraine is part of it. Preface / Viktor A. Yushchenko And Werner Muller -- Introduction / Lutz Hoffmann And Felicitas Mollers -- Pt. I. Bridge Or Integral Part? Ukraine's Historical, Cultural And Geopolitical Connection With Europe And Its Neighbours -- 1. Ukraine Between East And West, North And South: Geopolitical Options And Constraints / Bohdan Hawrylyshyn -- 2. Eurasia -- Alternative To European Integration Or The Wrong Path? / Charles Clover -- 3. Russia -- Ukraine: Entering A New Phase / Arkady Moshes -- 4. The Significance Of Poland For Ukraine: Role Model, Bordering State, Integrator? / Miroslaw Gronicki -- Pt. Ii. Bridges To Europe And The Market Economy: Aspects Of A Long Road -- 5. A Second Economic Divide In Europe? / Herbert Brucker -- 6. The Partnership And Co-operation Agreement (pca) Between Ukraine And The Eu -- Idea And Reality / Klaus Schneider -- 7. Integrating Ukraine Into The World Economy: How, How Fast And Why? / Wolfgang Quaisser And Volkhart Vincentz --^ 8. Infrastructure As An Instrument Of National And Regional Development Policy In The European Union And Ukraine / Dieter Biehl -- 9. Are There Regional Economic Policies Which Lead To 'europe'? Voices Of Ukrainian Companies In East And West / Felicitas Mollers, Petra Opitz And Christian Von Hirschhausen -- 10. Ukraine As The Gas Bridge To Europe? Economic And Geopolitical Considerations / Petra Opitz And Christian Von Hirschhausen -- 11. Reform Of The Eu's Common Agricultural Policy And Agricultural Policy's Strategies For Ukraine / Stephan Von Cramon-taubadel And Ludwig Striewe -- 12. Export Orientation And Its Impact On Enterprise Restructuring In Ukraine / Iryna Akimova -- Pt. Iii. Aspects Of Financial And Fiscal Policy In Ukraine -- 13. Monetary And Exchange Rate Policy During Transformation: Experience And Recommendations / Ryszard Kokoszczynski -- 14. The Role Of Long-term Capital For A European Ukraine / Andrew Seton --^ 15. Eu Enlargement And Implications For Ukraine: A View From The European Central Bank / Christian Thimann -- 16. Effects Of The European Monetary Union (emu) On The Ukrainian Economy / Gerhard Krause -- 17. Fiscal Federalism In Western European And Other Countries: Centralisation Or Decentralisation? What Is Better For Economic Growth? Are There Implications For Ukraine? / Ulrich Thiessen. Lutz Hoffman, Felicitas Möllers, Editors. Contains Proceedings From The 11th Ukrainian-german Economic Symposium, On 22 And 23 June 2000 In Kyiv--cf. Cip Galley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages I-XIV Introduction....Pages 1-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Ukraine between East and West, North and South: Geopolitical Options and Constraints....Pages 11-20 Eurasia — Alternative to European Integration or the Wrong Path?....Pages 21-23 Russia — Ukraine: Entering a New Phase....Pages 24-31 The Significance of Poland for Ukraine: Role Model, Bordering State, Integrator?....Pages 32-38 Front Matter....Pages 39-39 A Second Economic Divide in Europe?....Pages 41-65 The Partnership and Co-operation Agreement (PCA) between Ukraine and the EU — Idea and Reality....Pages 66-78 Integrating Ukraine into the World Economy: How, How Fast and Why?....Pages 79-91 Infrastructure as an Instrument of National and Regional Development Policy in the European Union and Ukraine....Pages 92-126 Are there Regional Economic Policies which Lead to ‘Europe’? Voices of Ukrainian Companies in East and West....Pages 127-148 Ukraine as the Gas Bridge to Europe? Economic and Geopolitical Considerations....Pages 149-165 Reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy and Agricultural Policy’s Strategies for Ukraine....Pages 166-180 Export Orientation and Its Impact on Enterprise Restructuring in Ukraine....Pages 181-205 Front Matter....Pages 207-207 Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy During Transformation: Experience and Recommendations....Pages 209-217 The Role of Long-term Capital for a European Ukraine....Pages 218-222 EU Enlargement and Implications for Ukraine: A View from the European Central Bank....Pages 223-232 Effects of the European Monetary Union (EMU) on the Ukrainian Economy....Pages 233-254 Fiscal Federalism in Western European and Other Countries: Centralisation or Decentralisation? What Is Better for Economic Growth? Are there Implications for Ukraine?....Pages 255-280 Back Matter....Pages 281-313 by Viktor A. Yushchenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine The intensification of the integration processes on our continent entirely coincides with the national interests of Ukraine, a country which is undoubtedly European both geographically and politically. What kind of Europe do we now have, and what should it be in the future? What should the role of Ukrainian society be in the economic, social, and cultural integration of the countries on the European continent? These questions are the subject of research and scientific analysis by the well-known economists whose work is contained in this book. Let there be no doubt, the strategic goal of Ukraine's foreign policy is the active participation of our country in the European integration process. Thus, the move toward co-operation and gradual integration with the European Union was defined as one of the main priorities of the Ukrainian Government's programme "Reforms for Well-being", which is based on President Leonid Kuchma's speech "Ukraine: Steps into XXI century" and was approved by the Ukrainian Parliament. This move is not a hasty response to a new trend, but rather a pragmatic decision since the EU will define the face of Europe for the next century.