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wiiw Seminar Series
'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is
to be done?' |
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Ruslan
Piontkivsky, Senior Economist with the World Bank, regional
office in Kiev, Ukraine
Response to the Economic Crisis in Ukraine and the Medium-term
Outlook
23 November 2009, 5 p.m. |
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The presentation
provides an overview of Ukraine's record to date in dealing
with the current economic crisis. Pre-crisis vulnerabilities
of Ukraine are discussed as well as main channels through which
the global financial and economic crisis affected the economy.
The response to the crisis by Ukrainian authorities and the
role of the International Financial Institutions, focusing on
the World Bank assistance, are explored. The talk concludes
with the presentation of the World Bank's current medium-term
outlook for the economy, highlighting both the factors of macroeconomic
stabilization and remaining structural reform challenges to
facilitate the recovery.
Ruslan Piontkivsky is a Senior Economist with the World Bank,
based in the regional office in Kiev, Ukraine. He joined the
Bank in 2003, and works on the issues of macroeconomic analysis
and forecasts, fiscal policy, public debt management, quasifiscal
deficits in the energy sector and trade policy. He participated
in the preparation of the Development Policy Loans extended
to Ukraine since 2003. He contributed to the World Bank analytical
reports on Ukraine, such as 'Country Economic Memorandum', 'Public
Finance Reviews' and 'Trade Policy Study', as well as to policy
notes on economic policy issues. Prior to the World Bank, he
worked for the International Centre for Policy Studies and for
the Support for Economic and Fiscal Reform project. Mr. Piontkivsky
received an MA in Economics from the EERC programme in the National
University of Kiev Mohyla Academy in 1999. |
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