Socioeconomic Development of Ukraine’s agricultural sector in the context of foreign economic strategic choices

• Main Author: Olena Dyachenko
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman 2006-03-01
• Series: International Economic Policy
• Subjects: Globalization; integration; quotas; customs policy
• Online Access: http://iepjournal.com/journals_eng/5/2006_2_Diachenko_eng.pdf

This article examines the preconditions and specifics for developing Ukraine’s foreign economic strategy and generalizes the experience of other countries in the impact of their strategies on their integration into the European Union and the development of their agricultural sector. The author evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of the main aspects of Ukraine’s international economic integration and considers the scope of choices for the country’s foreign economic strategy. She emphasizes the need to deal comprehensively with the integration of the agroindustrial complex (AIC), to use the available potential of the AIC more efficiently, to remove flaws in the legal framework and contradictions in the development of the national economy, and also considers the value of implementing an integration policy with more consideration of the country’s economic interests.