Ukraine Country Profile
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General Information Sources The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012 . World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012 . Euronews: 'Tymoshenko 're-arrested' in Ukraine prison cell', 9 December 2011. Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Evaluation Report on Incriminations 2011 . Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Evaluation Report on Transparency of Party Funding 2011 . GRECO: 'Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption calls for improved anti-bribery legislation and stricter supervision of political funding in Ukraine', 30 November 2011. Euronews: 'Ukraine's Tymoshenko charged with tax evasion', 11 November 2011. Euronews: 'Ukraine revives old case against Tymoshenko', 25 October 2011. DLA Piper: New Ukraine Anti-corruption Law: Impact on Pharmaceutical Business , 7 July 2011. Melisbek & Partners: New Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Legislation , 5 July 2011. US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Ukraine 2011 . Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Ukraine 2011 . Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2011 . US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Ukraine 2010 . Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010 . US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Ukraine 2010 . Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Ukraine 2010 . Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2010 . BBC News: 'Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko charged with misusing funds', 20 December 2010. Official Website of the President of Ukraine: 'President submits draft law on fighting corruption to Parliament', 17 December 2010. Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty: 'Ukraine Launches Criminal Investigation of Former PM Tymoshenko', 15 December 2010. URA-Inform: 'Yanukovych abolished the commission and the Council on Drug Abuse, corruption and protection of land', 4 April 2010. The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Ukraine 2010 . Squire Sanders: 'Ukraine Law Alert: New Leaders Seek Changes to Anticorruption Legislation', April 2010. RIA Novosti: 'Ukraine's Yanukovych orders anti-corruption law drafted by April 22', 27 March 2010. Korrespondent.net: 'Янукович создал Национальный антикоррупционный комитет', 26 February 2010. Guardian: 'Yanukovych set to become president as observers say Ukraine election was fair', 8 February 2010. BBC News: 'Pro-Moscow Yanukovych 'to win Ukraine election'', 8 February 2010. Reuters: 'Yanukovich wins Ukraine election - exit poll', 7 February 2010. BBC News: 'Ukraine presidential election heads for second round', 18 January 2010. Global Integrity: Ukraine Country Report 2009 . USAID & MSI: Anticorruption Assessment Handbook 2009 . US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Ukraine 2009 . Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009 . Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009 . Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Ukraine 2009 . Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2009 . Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Compliance Report on Ukraine 2009 . Lexadin: The World Law Guide - Legislation Ukraine 2009 . Zerkalo Nedeli: 'Коррупция «самооборонилась» от закона', No. 51 (779), 26 December 2009. USAID: 'Ministry urges president to veto bill delaying anti-corruption laws', 24 December 2009. Zerkalo Nedeli: 'Возможно ли победить коррупцию в Украине?', No. 48 (776), 12 December 2009. Verkhovna Rada: 'Corruption shall be equaled to High Treason - Volodymyr Lytvyn', 9 December 2009. Корреспондент: 'В 2010 году украинских чиновников заставят декларировать все расходы', 12 November 2009. All Headline News: 'Ukraine's Secret Police Raid National Natural Gas Company In Anti-Corruption Investigation', 4 March 2009. Нацiональна Радiокомпанiя Украīни, 'Timoshenko: Just those once involved in corrupt patterns dislike Ukraine', 21 January 2009. Kyiv Post: 'Putin: The situation in Ukraine is too corrupt', 10 January 2009. EBRD & World Bank: Business Environment and Enterprise Survey (BEEPS) Ukraine 2008 . The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2008 . Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2008 . Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Ukraine 2008 . The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Ukraine 2008 . US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Ukraine 2008 . Russia Today: 'Corruption scandal over Ukraine's emission money', 19 December 2008. OECD: Strengthening Capacity for Investigation and Prosecution of Corruption in Ukraine, September 2008. OECD Policy Brief: Economic Assessment of Ukraine September 2007 . Management Systems International (MSI) & Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS): Corruption in Ukraine 2007 . OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Ukraine - Update about actions to implement the recommendations taken during December 2006-September 2007 . Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Ukraine 2007 . Global Integrity: Ukraine Country Report 2007 . Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2007 . The Atlantic Council of the United States: Corruption, Democracy, and Investment in Ukraine 2007 . Development & Transition: ''One-Stop-Shop' Reforms in Ukraine: Do They Work?', in Private Sector and Development, July 2007 . Pace: Poll: Over Half of Ukrainian Citizens find Corruption 'Acceptable Way to Get Things Done', 22 May 2007 . Razumkov Centre Sociological Service: Ukrainians give "C-" to the Government's work - sociological report, 18 April 2007 . Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO): Evaluation Report on Ukraine 2006 . OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Ukraine Monitoring Report 2006 . SIGMA: Ukraine Governance Assessment 2006 . USAID & MSI: Corruption Assessment : Ukraine 2006 . Corruption Levels Sources
Judicial System Police World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012 . Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Evaluation Report on Incriminations 2011 . Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Evaluation Report on Transparency of Party Funding 2011 . US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Ukraine 2011 . Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Ukraine 2011 . Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2011 . US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Ukraine 2010 . Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010 . The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Ukraine 2010 . Global Integrity: Ukraine Country Report 2009 . US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Ukraine 2009 . Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Ukraine 2009 . Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2009 . Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Compliance Report on Ukraine 2009 . Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Activities: 'Training Seminar on Detection and Investigation of corruption offences', 19 March 2009. All Headline News: 'Ukraine's Secret Police Raid National Natural Gas Company In Anti-Corruption Investigation', 4 March 2009. Kyiv Post: 'Yushchenko: Nation's Fight Against Corruption Ineffective', 23 January 2009. US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Ukraine 2008 . US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Ukraine 2008 . The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2008 . ITAR-TASS: 'Corruption In Ukraine Threatens National Security - Yushchenko', 15 April 2008. Kyiv Post: 'Ukrainians shrug off corruption despite damaging effects', 6 March 2008. The Atlantic Council of the United States: Corruption, Democracy, and Investment in Ukraine 2007 . MSI & KIIS: Corruption in Ukraine 2007 . Deutsche Presse-Agentur: 'Yushchenko: Ukraine's roads are Europe's most corrupt and dangerous', 21 November 2007. GfK: Corruption Climate in Europe 2006 . Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2006 . USAID & MSI: Corruption Assessment: Ukraine 2006 . Zerkalo Nedeli: 'It's hopeless, but it's our way', No. 29 (608), 29 July - 4 August 2006. Licences, Infrastructure and Public Utilities The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012 . World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012 . US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Ukraine 2011 . Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Ukraine 2011 . Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2011 . US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Ukraine 2010 . Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010 . Global Integrity: Ukraine Country Report 2009 . Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Ukraine 2009 . Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2009 . Transparency International: 'Ukraine: A billion to be spent to fight the flu. The government promises oversight - but by state officials, not independent community representatives', 6 November 2009. TCH: 'Тендер на закупівлю тест-систем для грипу виграла фірма, яка їх не виробляє', 31 October 2009. EBRD & World Bank: Business Environment and Enterprise Survey (BEEPS) Ukraine 2008 . US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Ukraine 2008 . The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2008 . Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2008 . Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project: 'Ukraine: OC Prosecutions Rarely Work', 21 November 2008. The Atlantic Council of the United States: Corruption, Democracy, and Investment in Ukraine 2007 . MSI & KIIS: Corruption in Ukraine 2007 . OECD Policy Brief: Economic Assessment of Ukraine 2007 . Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2007 . Сегодня: 'Сбушники заподозрили людей Рудьковского в коррупции', 29 August 2007. Zerkalo Nedeli: 'Ukraine-Russia: A Eurasian solution to the gas dilemma', No. 2 (581), 21-27 January 2006. Land Administration Tax Administration Customs Administration Public Procurement and Contracting Environment, Natural Resources and Extractive Industry Euronews: 'Tymoshenko 're-arrested' in Ukraine prison cell', 9 December 2011. Euronews: 'Ukraine's Tymoshenko charged with tax evasion', 11 November 2011. Euronews: 'Ukraine revives old case against Tymoshenko', 25 October 2011. US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Ukraine 2010 . Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty: 'Ukraine Launches Criminal Investigation of Former PM Tymoshenko', 15 December 2010. Global Integrity: Ukraine Country Report 2009 . All Headline News: 'Ukraine's Secret Police Raid National Natural Gas Company In Anti-Corruption Investigation', 4 March 2009. US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Ukraine 2008 . Global Integrity: Ukraine Country Report 2007 . The Atlantic Council of the United States: Corruption, Democracy, and Investment in Ukraine 2007 . Zerkalo Nedeli: 'Германские промахи европрагматика', No. 8 (637), 3-7 March 2007. Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2006 . USAID & MSI: Corruption Assessment: Ukraine 2006 . Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: 'Problems in Ukraine's Coal Industry Run Deep', 9 February 2005. Public Anti-Corruption Initiatives Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Evaluation Report on Incriminations 2011 . Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Evaluation Report on Transparency of Party Funding 2011 . GRECO: 'Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption calls for improved anti-bribery legislation and stricter supervision of political funding in Ukraine', 30 November 2011. DLA Piper: New Ukraine Anti-corruption Law: Impact on Pharmaceutical Business , 7 July 2011. Melisbek & Partners: New Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Legislation , 5 July 2011. US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Ukraine 2011 . Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Ukraine 2011 . Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2011 . US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Ukraine 2010 . BBC News: 'Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko charged with misusing funds', 20 December 2010. Official Website of the President of Ukraine: 'President submits draft law on fighting corruption to Parliament', 17 December 2010. Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty: 'Ukraine Launches Criminal Investigation of Former PM Tymoshenko', 15 December 2010. URA-Inform: 'Yanukovych abolished the commission and the Council on Drug Abuse, corruption and protection of land', 4 April 2010. Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Ukraine 2010 . Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2010 . The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Ukraine 2010 . Squire Sanders: 'Ukraine Law Alert: New Leaders Seek Changes to Anticorruption Legislation', April 2010. RIA Novosti: 'Ukraine's Yanukovych orders anti-corruption law drafted by April 22', 27 March 2010. Korrespondent.net: 'Янукович создал Национальный антикоррупционный комитет', 26 February 2010. Centre for Eastern Studies: 'Public procurement act adopted in Ukraine', 17 February 2010. Global Integrity: Ukraine Country Report 2009 . Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Ukraine 2009 . Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Ukraine 2009 . Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009 . US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Ukraine 2009 . Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Compliance Report on Ukraine 2009 . Zerkalo Nedeli: 'Коррупция «самооборонилась» от закона', No. 51 (779), 26 December 2009. USAID: 'Ministry urges president to veto bill delaying anti-corruption laws', 24 December 2009. Корреспондент: 'В 2010 году украинских чиновников заставят декларировать все расходы', 12 November 2009. Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Activities: 'Training on detection and investigation of corruption and money laundering offences', 15 October 2009. The Council of Europe: 'Adoption of the 'Anti-Corruption package of laws' by the Verkhovna Rada', 16 June 2009. Kyiv Post: 'Rada Lays Down Guidelines on Combating Corruption', 12 June 2009. All Headline News: 'Ukraine's Secret Police Raid National Natural Gas Company In Anti-Corruption Investigation', 4 March 2009. Kyiv Post: 'Yushchenko: Nation's Fight Against Corruption Ineffective', 23 January 2009. Press office of President Victor Yushchenko: 'President slams Interdepartmental anti-corruption working group for ineffectiveness', 21 January 2009. Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Ukraine 2008 . Ministry of Economy of Ukraine: 'Bohdan Danylyshyn: Improvement of public procurement system is a top priority objective of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Ukraine', 11 December 2008. Forex and Finance: 'The president of Ukraine has signed the law liquidating Tender Chamber', 3 April 2008. Zerkalo Nedili: 'Games with Public Procurement', No. 6 (685), 16-22 February 2008. Global Integrity: Ukraine Country Report 2007 . OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Ukraine - Update about actions to implement the recommendations taken during December 2006-September 2007 . Zerkalo Nedeli: 'Public Procurement: Legalized Blackmail', No. 32 (661), 1-8 September 2007. Den: 'Public sector hit by epidemic of bribery', 17 July 2007. Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO): Evaluation Report on Ukraine 2006 . USAID & MSI: Corruption Assessment: Ukraine 2006 . Anti-Corruption Network for Transition Economies: Regional Anti-Corruption Action Plan: Ukraine 2004 . Ukrainian State Purchases .Private Anti-Corruption Initiatives
