World Bank is ready to help Ukraine to perform wide deregulation aimed at facilitation of doing business
World Bank’s experts are
ready, together with representatives of the Ministry of Economic Development and
Trade to prepare a list of measures to deregulate business activities, the
implementation of which will enable Ukraine to significantly improve
its position in the Doing Business Ranking.
This was started by World
Bank Country Director for Ukraine,
Belarus
and Moldova Europe and Central Asia Qimiao Fan at the
meeting with the First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of
Ukraine Anatolii Maksiuta.
The First Deputy
Minister stressed that simplifying of business doing is one of the priorities
of the Government. He said that at various stages of preparation are about
twenty bills aimed at deregulating business in Ukraine.
"The result of
deregulation should be not just the deregulation, but the business development
and attracting investment into Ukraine,"
Anatolii Maksiuta said.
World Bank
representatives were proposed to learn about government practices in this area
and to prepare their proposals.
Qimiao Fan confirmed
the readiness of the World Bank to assist Ukraine to conduct business
deregulation and noted significant improvement in our country"s position in the
Doing Business Ranking of 2014.
“Ukraine last year seriously
increased the Doing Business Ranking and we should keep these advances," the
representative of the World Bank said.
Although it was
stressed that in order the Government’s steps on deregulation were included in
the Doing Business ranking of 2015, the reforms in this area should be
conducted in the coming months.
"We will be very
glad to help. We have many specialists who have considerable experience of such
work in European countries," Qimiao Fan stressed.
He said that these
reforms will affect not only on cheapening of doing business, but also will be a
serious signal to the public that Ukraine is ready to the changes.
