Ukraine became independent in 1991 and formally abandoned central planning. But the development of market methods of input supply and product distribution was impeded by continuing price distortions and the survival of various methods of administrative commodity allocation from the central...

Since independence Ukraine has attracted very little foreign direct investment, both in absolute terms and relative to other transition economies. This is the case when we analyze the ratio of FDI to GDP and exports, and the amount of FDI per capita. This paper examines the causes of the low...