1. Ukraine: Integration choice Ukraine: Integration choice Nadya Zubashevskaya Nadya Zubashevskaya Veronika Bystrova Nadia Doroshenko Victor Lebedovskiy Victor Lebedovskiy Kiev Kiev 06. March 2014 06. March 2014 KNEU KNEU

2. Layout Purposes; The Legatum Prosperity Index;The Legatum Prosperity Index; Five year trend lineFive year trend line; The European Union;The European Union; Recent economic developments;Recent economic developments; Growth and external performance;Growth and external performance; Financial sector;Financial sector; Top investors countries;Top investors countries; Social protection;Social protection; Poverty;Poverty; Products that could be bought on minimal salary;Products that could be bought on minimal salary; References.References.

3. Purposes Purposes of the project: to experience teamwork; to develop team building skills; to prepare for exam. Purposes of the presentation: to develop personal values - self-organization, self- confidence, responsibility, adaptability, flexibility;to develop personal values - self-organization, self- confidence, responsibility, adaptability, flexibility; to develop professional skills - time management, presentation, analytical, communication, negotiation skills, creativity;to develop professional skills - time management, presentation, analytical, communication, negotiation skills, creativity; to develop English language skills. to develop English language skills.

4. The Legatum Prosperity Index

5. Five year trend line This decline over five year is, in part, due to the addition of 32 new countries in the 2012 Prosperity Index. In this instance, 3 of these new countries placed above Ukraine.

6. Ukraine owes $13 billion in debt.

7. The European Union The European Union (EU) is an economic and political unio n of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The EU operates through a system of supranational independent institutions and intergovernmental negoti ated decisions by the member states.

8. Recent economic developments Political instability Stock exchange and Forex market

9. Growth and external performance Ukraine exports ferrous and non- ferrous metals, fuel, petroleum products, chemicals, machinery and imports energy and some types of machinery.

10. Financial sector

12. Top investors countries 20072012 1.Cyprus 2.Germany 3.Netherlands 4.Austria 5.Great Britain 6.Russian Federation 7.USA 8.France 9.British Virgin Islands 10. Sweden 11. Poland 12. Switzerland 1.Cyprus 2.Germany 3.Netherlands 4.Russian Federation 5.Austria 6.Great Britain 7.British Virgin Islands 8.France 9.Sweden 10. Switzerland 11. Italy 12. USA EU countries share in FDI, % - 79,9

13. Social protection Average salary, € UkraineRomaniaHungaryLuxembourg 2805007404000 Average pension, € UkraineLatviaGermanyItaly 1382708101130

14. Poverty Key factors of poverty that cause the highest risk of poverty in Ukraine are: age (the most vulnerable - children and the elderly ) residence ( rural population ) household size number of children in the household unemployment

15. Products that could be bought on minimal salary

17. References www.ukrstat.gov.ua http://evroumovi.blogspot.com/ http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/ukraine/labor.html www.3republic.org.ua www.tradingeconomics.com/ukraine/indicators http://ukraine-eu.mfa.gov.ua/ua http://data.worldbank.org/indicator http://investukraine.com/

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