Since 2014, the armed conflict in Ukraine’s eastern provinces (oblasts) of Donetsk and Luhansk has dealt a heavy blow to people’s lives. The conflict has magnified the long-standing problems and created new ones. This study shows that scaling up efforts in the government-controlled areas (GCAs) of Donbas is desirable despite the subdued productivity in the region. This study recommends a decision tree approach to programming recovery in Donbas. Given the looming uncertainties and scenario-sensitivity of optimal policies, the recovery strategy should distinguish contingent policies from no-regret policies. Contingent policies change between the status quo and the reintegration scenarios, and they include interventions to mitigate conflict-related risks, risk-related transfers to address skill-shortages in GCAs, and investments for a contingent infrastructure strategy. By comparison, no-regret policies are desirable regardless of the conflict dynamics. They include the reforms to eliminate regulatory burdens and corruption; policies to open up the housing market; investments to modernize education for jobs and target low-hanging fruits in infrastructure; and efforts to produce better data to address knowledge gaps.
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Onder,Harun, Mitov,Lubomir A., Kupets,Olga, Artuc,Erhan, Gomez Parra,Nicolas, Benner,Holly Welborn, Jennings,Ray Salvatore, Shatyrko,Oleksandra, Kolybashkina,Nina, Demetriou,Spyridon, Piffaretti,Nadia Fernanda, Kosmidou,Georgia Christina, Grossman,Allison Namias, Mihailov,Emil Georgiev, Gresham,James, Yayla,Gulcan, Kolev,Ivaylo Hristov, Zapatrina,Irina, Glazkov,Dmytro, Bertholet,Fabrice Karl, Ryabtsev,Volodymyr, Polyak,Ilya, Bulakh,Yevhen
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Document Date
2021/06/25
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Report
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Report Number
160995
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Volume No
2
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2
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2021/06/25
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Disclosed
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Overview
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Onder,Harun Mitov,Lubomir A. Kupets,Olga Artuc,Erhan Gomez Parra,Nicolas Benner,Holly Welborn Jennings,Ray Salvatore Shatyrko,Oleksandra Kolybashkina,Nina Demetriou,Spyridon Piffaretti,Nadia Fernanda Kosmidou,Georgia Christina Grossman,Allison Namias Mihailov,Emil Georgiev Gresham,James Yayla,Gulcan Kolev,Ivaylo Hristov Zapatrina,Irina Glazkov,Dmytro Bertholet,Fabrice Karl Ryabtsev,Volodymyr Polyak,Ilya Bulakh,Yevhen
The Economics of Winning Hearts and Minds : Programming Recovery in Eastern Ukraine (Vol. 2) : Overview (Ukrainian). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/344041624600300906/Overview