Would you like to truly understand the current state of the Ukrainian economy? How about having a solid insight into what to expect in the future? VoxUkraine and the Kyiv School of Economics invite you to a two-day seminar "Ukraine: An Insiders’ View on Macroeconomics, Central Banking, and Monetary Policy” (November 28-29, 2015) where leading economists and policy-makers will explain the economic grounds of the current situation in Ukraine and share their expectations about its future prospects.

What to expect:

• Objective and high quality analysis of economic processes explained by the world leading experts (e.g., Yuriy Gorodnichenko, UC-Berkeley, the most cited young economist in the world according to RePEC);

• Practical cases and recommendations from the top management of the National Bank of Ukraine, who are shaping the economic reality of Ukraine (e.g., Valeria Hontareva, the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine);

• Unique data and forecasts, which will be made available to the public for the first time;

• Academic background that will deepen your understanding of the economic forces that govern the situation in Ukraine

• Networking with the academic, policy, and business elites interested in the situation in Ukraine as well as with government officials and politicians (members of the parliament, government officials, and top firms business consultants, lawyers, and financial analysts will be among the audience);

• If valuable, a certificate for those who take and successfully complete an optional test at the end of the course

Presenters:

The National Bank of Ukraine:

• Valeria Hontareva, Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine;

• Dmytro Sologoub, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine ;

• Vladyslav Rashkovan, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine;

• Vitalii Vavryschuk, Director of Financial Stability Department at the National Bank of Ukraine;

• Sergey Nikolaichuk, Director of Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis Department at the National Bank of Ukraine

VoxUkraine:

• Andrei Kirilenko, Professor of the Practice of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management, member of the Advisory Board of VoxUkraine;

• Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley. Co-founder and member of the Editorial Board of VoxUkraine. #1 Young Economist in the world according to RePEc ranking (SKYPE);

• Tymofiy Mylovanov, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Pittsburgh. Co-founder and member of the Editorial Board of VoxUkraine (SKYPE);

• Оlena Bilan, Chief Economist at Dragon Capital, member of the Editorial Board of VoxUkraine, one of the leading analysts in Ukraine according to Thomson Reuters Extel Survey;

• Oleksandr Talavera, Reader in Finance at the Management School, University of Sheffield. Co-founder and member of the Editorial Board of VoxUkraine;

• Volodymyr Bilotkach, Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Newcastle University Business School, member of the Editorial Board of VoxUkraine.

Kyiv School of Economics:

• Olesia Verchenko, Academic Director and Assistant Professor at the Kyiv School of Economics and Senior Economist at the Kyiv Economic Institute;

• Elena Besedina, Assistant Professor at the Kyiv School of Economics and Senior Economist at the Kyiv Economic Institute;

National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy":

• Olga Kupets, Short Term Consultant at The World Bank, Associate Professor at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Institute of Economic Research and Policy Consulting

• Mykola Ryzhenkov, Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Research and Policy Consulting

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The course will outline the most critical issues for countries in the aftermath of economic and political crises, with particular focus on macroeconomic and financial stabilization in Ukraine. At the end of the course, each participant will get better understanding of the causes of the 2014 economic crisis, the actions the Government and the National Bank of Ukraine have taken to overcome it, as well as the steps taken to prevent crises from happening in the future.

Location: 60 Volodymyrska str. (red building of T. Shevchenko National University of Kyiv), room 329, 3rd floor. Map: https://goo.gl/Cp2pBc

VoxUkraine is a non-profit volunteer-based organization. VoxUkraine strives to offer quality, evidence-based, non-partisan analysis of the changes happening in Ukraine. The mission of VoxUkraine is to increase the quality of debate in and about Ukraine.

VoxUkraine relies on financial contributions of the members of the editorial and advisory boards, the authors, and the public. In addition, VoxUkraine is grateful to the National Endowment for Democracy and KyivStar for financial support. The annual operational budget of VoxUkraine is about USD 100-150 K. These costs include salaries of researchers and managing and executive editors, costs of translation and copy-editing, office, and organization of events. VoxUkraine would like to become financially independent in order to continue maintaining editorial independence and resist external political and “friendly” pressure. In order to do that, we ask participants to pay for the events like this one. (Currently, the budget deficit is absorbed by the editorial board of VoxUkraine.)