Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Acronyms and abbreviations; Executive summary; Assessment and recommendations; Chapter 1 Regional trends and Ukraine's productivity challenge; Introduction; The macroeconomic context; Sub-national trends; Behind the trends: Inputs to growth and productivity; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 2 Improving Ukraine's sub-national level governance and service provision; Introduction; The current system of territorial governance in Ukraine; Decentralisation reforms in Ukraine; Provision of local public goods; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography. Chapter 3 Strengthening regional development policy in Ukraine Introduction; Putting regional development policy in context; The evolution of regional policy in Ukraine; Building a more effective regional development policy; Improving regional development policy institutions; Strengthening regional development policy instruments; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography.
This review addresses the territorial dimension of a range of policy challenges in the Ukraine, including Ukraine's productivity challenge, large inter-regional disparities, and need for decentralisation.