Table of Contents

1 Background.- 2 The structure of this book.- 3 Outlook and acknowledgements.- I: the International Environment and Growth.- 1 Achievements or Missed Opportunities: Factors of Economic Growth in Russia. What Lessons are Relevant to Ukraine?.- 2 Economic Growth in Bulgaria and Romania.- 3 Trade, Capital Flows, and Economic Growth in Developing Countries.- 4 Natural Resources and Economic Growth: What Is the Connection?.- II: Sustaining Growth of the Ukrainian Economy.- 5 Is the Economic Growth in Ukraine Sustainable?.- 6 Is there Any Economic Growth in Ukraine?.- 7 Economic Growth in Ukraine: What if Reforms and Economic Recovery Had Started Earlier?.- 8 Finance and Growth in Ukraine.- 9 Fiscal and Regulatory Causes of Ukraine’s Shadow Economy.- III: Institutions, Competition, and Growth.- 10 Enterprise Restructuring under Economic Growth in the Byelorussian Republic.- 11 Performance of Small and Medium Sized Manufacturing Firms in Ukraine: Does the Quality of Governance Matter?.- 12 The Investment Environment in Russia and Ukraine: Common Weaknesses in the Institutional and Policy Framework.- 13 Ukraine: “A Miracle in Waiting”. Challenges and Reforms for an Improved Foreign Investment Environment.- IV: Empirical Studies of the Determinants of Growthin Ukraine.- 14 Reserve Requirements and Implicit Taxation of Commercial Banks in Ukraine.- 15 Efficient Infrastructure Supply as a Condition for Economic Development - The Case of Ukraine.- 16 A Regional Agricultural Trade Model for Wheat and Sunflower Seeds in Ukraine.- 17 The Economic Implications of Ukrainian Government Support for the Steel Industry.- 18 The Relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Flows in a Transition Economy: The Case of Ukraine.- 19 The Debt Structure of Ukrainian Firms.- 20 ARestructuring Trap in Transition Economies: Where Does it Lead?.- 21 The Feasibility of Monetary Targeting in Ukraine.- The Authors.- Maps.- Tables.- Graphs.- Abbreviations.