Employment in rural areas of Ukraine: tendencies and opportunities

Moroz, Serhiy

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“…Currently, there is a shortage of workers with the required professional skills in the labour markets of Ukrainian regions (cf. Moroz, 2015). Due to this shortage, enterprises with foreign investments are not capable of operating to the full extent, which negatively affects the attraction of foreign direct investment in the long-term perspective.…”

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Regional development and foreign direct investment in transition countries: a case-study for regions in Ukraine

Getzner

Moroz

2020

Post-Communist Economies

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This paper evaluates the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the economic development of Ukrainian regions based on selected indicators (gross regional product, change of gross regional product, share of the industrial (manufacturing) sector, and employment and unemployment rates) in the 2003-2016 period. Employing an exploratory panel time-series approach, the results suggest that there is only a limited impact of FDI on the economic performance of the regions. The small influence of foreign direct investments is, among others, a consequence of political instability, weak governance, the military conflict in the East of the country, and incompleted reforms of the Ukrainian economy. We suggest that it is necessary to focus on targeted programs at both the regional and state levels in order to enhance the existing state of the economy. It is also important to ensure stability and transparency in the legislative processes, tax reforms, and other policy fields to facilitate the attraction of foreign direct investment, the creation of new jobs, and the increase of the income levels of the Ukrainian population.

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Regional development and foreign direct investment in transition countries: a case-study for regions in Ukraine

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Moroz

2020

Post-Communist Economies

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“…Domestic researchers dealing with the issue of the forming of a middle class in Ukraine indicate that almost one third of the country's population belongs to the lower class-these are mainly inhabitants of rural areas in the western oblasts (Razumkov Center 2014). The standard of living of rural dwellers tended to gradually decline if compared with the average level in the country (Moroz 2010).…”

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“…One of the unwanted effects of these processes was the rise of unemployment, and the other a lack of revenues in the budgets of local governments, which affected the deterioration and even degradation of social and road infrastructure (Synowiec 2018). High unemployment rates affected rural areas in Ukraine in the period 1997-2003 and as a result the share of informal labor has increased, particularly in agricultural activities (Moroz 2015;Chreneková et al 2016). Domestic researchers dealing with the issue of the forming of a middle class in Ukraine indicate that almost one third of the country's population belongs to the lower class-these are mainly inhabitants of rural areas in the western oblasts (Razumkov Center 2014).…”

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“…However, in Ukraine the structure of income sources in rural areas shows the still strong position of agriculture compared to other economic activities (Moroz 2015). The structure of income sources in rural areas in Ukraine in 2013 is presented in Figure 2 The trend showing the decline in the share of agriculture in the GDP structure and the increase in economic activity in other sectors seems to illustrate the gradual transition of the economy and society-economic performance in rural areas is developing towards services (Kaleta 2016).…”

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“…Overcoming disparities between rural and urban areas is crucial from the sociological perspective as a factor inhibiting migration from the countryside and, subsequently, depopulation of the rural areas. Rural areas and communities still struggle with the consequences of the socio-economic transition process-unfavorable demographic situation (Moroz 2010;Prytula et al 2014), lack of employment possibilities (Moroz 2010;Moroz 2015), and decline in living standards and infrastructure deterioration (Dema et al 2019;Kirieieva and Kostyuchenko 2017). Besides the socio-economic context, the adaptation of rural communities to the changing conditions of economic and political life is hampered by spatial and social distance (Borodina and Rykovska 2020).…”

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Positioning of low-urbanized territories based on self-identification: The case of Ukraine

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In the context of competition for limited resources for the development of territorial communities in Ukraine, the use of marketing tools in managing local development is becoming increasingly important. One of these tools is positioning. In the case of territorial communities, it is a communicative expression of their identity. This study aims to determine the positioning characteristics of small territorial communities in Ukraine (low-urbanized territories – communities with a predominantly rural population) in formulating their positioning criteria. The subject of the analysis was the strategic visions formulated in the long-term planning documents of low-urbanized territories. Descriptive information was evaluated and grouped using expert methods. It was determined that low-urbanized territories in Ukraine use a multi-criteria approach in the positioning process: the number of applied criteria reached 26 (an average of 6 criteria). Each of them is focused on specific target audiences – residents, investors/local businesses, and tourists/visitors (48% for each of the target audiences). At the same time, less than half of the surveyed communities (44%) position themselves as “territories of developed agriculture”. Since little research has been done on the positioning of territorial communities in the Ukrainian context, this study has contributed new knowledge in this field.

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Employment in rural areas of Ukraine: tendencies and opportunities

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Regional development and foreign direct investment in transition countries: a case-study for regions in Ukraine

Regional development and foreign direct investment in transition countries: a case-study for regions in Ukraine

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