Ukraine’s Economy and Institutions: Reform Now - or Collapse
Navigate the meetingAnders Åslund, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Valdis Dombrovskis, Member of the European Parliament, Group of the European People’s Party; Prime Minister of Latvia (2009-2014)
Valeria Hontareva, Head, National Bank of Ukraine
Dmytro Shymkiv, Deputy Head on Holding Administrative, Social and Economic Reforms, Administration of the President of Ukraine
Remarks:
Paige Alexander, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Andrej Plenković, Member of the European Parliament;
Vice-Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament
«The West was misreading Russia. But Russia was also misreading Ukraine. Because when Russia invaded Crimea and Donbas, it expected Ukraine to collapse. But it did not happen. Ukraine got together instead of dividing.»