Contents tagged with land reform
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German farmers urge Ukraine not to close land market to foreigners
German farmers operating in Ukraine have urged Ukraine’s political leadership not to prohibit foreigners from purchasing land after the launch of the agricultural land market. A letter addressed to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Dmytro Razumkov, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, and the German Embassy in Kyiv was signed by 25 farmers from the Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytskyi, Chernivtsi, Ternopil, Lviv, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Odessa and Cherkasy regions of Ukraine. …
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World Bank urges Ukraine to withdraw moratorium on land sale
The World Bank has prepared a thematic note on land reform in Ukraine, calling for the ban on land trade to be removed.
“The moratorium on the sale of agricultural land, in conjunction with the inadequate transparency in the area of land ownership rights and deals involving land, results in low productivity, a low level of investment in the agricultural sector, and low income from letting out land for millions of Ukrainians. Land reform is extremely important for improving the living standards …
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IMF ready to postpone requirement for land reform in Ukraine
Pension reform, privatization, and the fight against corruption are key requirements for the completion of the fourth review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), says William Murray, an official representative of the Fund.
"Consideration by the Executive Board of the fourth review will be possible once the policies needed for this review are implemented. The focus of this review is on pension reform and on measures to speed up privatization …
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Media: IMF ready to close eyes to land reform in Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is ready to leave the adoption of pension reform as the main condition for the allocation of the next tranche of the loan to Ukraine. This means that the adoption of land reform will be excluded from the requirements, reported by Interfax-Ukraine, citing a source that is close to the negotiations.
According to the news agency, the IMF made this decision in view of the fact that there is no agreement between the Fund and the Ukrainian government with regard …
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Ukrainian PM: The IMF postponed its next loan tranche to Ukraine due to delays with land reform
The next tranche of the loan from the International Monetary Fund for Ukraine will be postponed because parliament will not have time to consider all necessary reforms before the summer holidays, stated Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman in an interview with Bloomberg.
According to Groysman, the pension reform is on schedule and steps are being taken to create an anti-corruption court. However, a bill on land reform will not be submitted on time. This will delay the payment of the …