Accelerating urban economic growth in Ukraine
Richard K. Green, J. Vernon Henderson, Matthew E. Kahn, Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy and Andrii Parkhomenko
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of what Ukraine should become after the war and what tools policymakers can use to fulfill these goals. The leitmotif of this book is clear: reconstruction is not about rebuilding Ukraine to the pre-war state; it is about a deep modernisation of the country on its path to European Union accession. All critical elements of the economy and society will have to leapfrog and undergo reforms to help Ukraine escape its post-Soviet legacy and become a full-fledged democracy with a modern economy, strong institutions and a powerful defence sector. Ukraine's ownership of the reconstruction will be key to its success.
7 December 2022
Published in Rebuilding Ukraine: Principles and policies (2022), Edited by Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Ilona Sologoub, Beatrice Weder di Mauro, pp. 241-282, CEPR Press
Accelerating urban economic growth in Ukraine
This Chapter is part of the centre's Urban programme.