Surviving and Thriving: Ukraine's Economy During and After the War

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Thursday

Nov. 14, 2024

10:00am – 11:00am ET

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Global Europe Program

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Russia's war against Ukraine caused severe disruptions to Ukraine's economy: a drastic drop in output, refugee outflows, and damage to infrastructure and production facilities. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government has been struggling to balance its capacity to fund and supply its defense effort with keeping the civilian economy going and continuing to provide basic public services. Western financial assistance has been crucial to propping up Ukraine's public finances. What is the current state of Ukraine's economy? With the war continuing to inflict damage on Ukraine's industry, agriculture, and infrastructure, how sustainable is the current model? What are the critical factors for Ukraine's economic success after the war? How will the EU accession process mitigate and assist Ukraine's post-war economic transition?

Speakers

Natalie A. Jaresko

Managing Director in EY-Parthenon’s Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy practice; Minister of Finance of Ukraine (2014-16)

Artem Gergun

George F. Kennan Fellow;
Advisor to Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee MP Dmytro Natalukha, Verkhovna Rada, the Parliament of Ukraine

Moderator

Mariana Budjeryn

Fellow, Global Europe Program;
Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center

Hosted By

Global Europe Program

The Global Europe Program is focused on Europe’s capabilities, and how it engages on critical global issues. We investigate European approaches to critical global issues. We examine Europe’s relations with Russia and Eurasia, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our initiatives include “Ukraine in Europe” – an examination of what it will take to make Ukraine’s European future a reality. But we also examine the role of NATO, the European Union and the OSCE, Europe’s energy security, transatlantic trade disputes, and challenges to democracy. The Global Europe Program’s staff, scholars-in-residence, and Global Fellows participate in seminars, policy study groups, and international conferences to provide analytical recommendations to policy makers and the media. Read more