Macroeconomic targets of Ukraine and international experience of achieving them

Authors

  • V. Kravchenko Донецький національний університет
  • O. Gudakov Донецький національний університет

Keywords:

GDP per capita, energy resources, European integration, the energy intensity of GDP, agriculture

Abstract

The article presents materials about possible ways of improving the macroeconomic situation in Ukraine, based on the successful moments in the development of some countries. In the beginning are explains why GDP per capita is very informative macroeconomic indicators of socioeconomic development, and provides a comparative description of its level in Ukraine relative to other countries. Next, the article provides main reasons of high level of socio-economic development of Qatar and Luxembourg as countries which in 2012 had the largest GDP per capita in the world. Particular attention is paid to factors of economic success of Luxembourg as a country that have successfully transformed the industrial model of the national economy into the post-industrial. Based on examples of high economic performance in Qatar and Luxembourg, the possible ways of improving the economic situation in Ukraine are provided. First of all, the decrease of energy intensity of GDP, the development of national agriculture and European integration of Ukraine.

Author Biographies

V. Kravchenko, Донецький національний університет

к.е.н., доцент кафедри “Міжнародна економіка”

O. Gudakov, Донецький національний університет

аспірант кафедри "Міжнародна економіка"

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