UKRAINE

Distribution of earnings and financial Development

Distribution of Income and Economic Development

In Ukraine, following the advocacy and capacity-building efforts of the UNDP team, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were nationalized in 2003 and are now used to track advancement in government principles and programs.

Over the time span from 2000 to 2008, Ukraine has managed to record important advancement in accelerating human development. In particular, Ukraine succeeded in reducing absolute poverty, ensuring access to school education, improving maternal health and reducing the mortality rate of children less than 5 years. However, the relative scarcity stayed virtually unchanged; the disparity between life expectancy of ...