The effect of the land reform regulations for the Ukrainian market After the land market law was adopted in the first reading, more than 4,000 amendments were submitted by MPs to this six-page law. The Ukrainian parliament had to vote on...
The team of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awoken Ukraine’s sleeping volcano: the land market. There is no other reform in the country which is more controversial. Every politician knows that attempts to change the current land...
On 13 November, Ukraine’s parliament adopted at the first reading a bill on opening the land market, ending a moratorium that had been in place since 2001. It was adopted with 240 votes, 227 of which were from President...
This mixed performance is the reason why FDI inflows amounted to less than 2% of GDP in 2017; a low value in regional comparison. The latest developments in reform policy are not very promising. The speed of reforms has slowed down; partly...
2016-2017 saw Ukrainian farmers sink beneath the pressure and strength of property raiders. Law-enforcement officials have been unable to protect businesses and sometimes even help the criminals. How can farmers protect themselves?...
Ban on sale of agricultural land in Ukraine Ukraine does not have a functional market for agricultural land Ukraine imposed a ban on sale of agricultural land, a moratorium, impacting most private plots and all state agricultural...
First stereotype: Ukrainians are very poor Some Europeans viewed Ukraine as extremely poor. Many Ukrainian refugees were surprised to learn that. “They perceived us almost like we are cave people who do not know and have not seen...