The EBRD wants to double its investment in Ukraine

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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans in 2019 to increase the volume of investment in the Ukrainian economy to $1 billion, head of the Ukrainian office of the EBRD Marina Petrov has stated, open4bisuness reports.

“The $500 million that we invested last year was not bad at all. This year we sincerely hope to increase it twice [investment in Ukraine],” she said at a meeting at the European Business Association (EBA), dedicated to the expectations of businesses from the presidential election.

“The ongoing changes [political] carry both risks and opportunities. We hope very much for a balanced economic policy that will allow accelerating the growth that has already begun in the Ukrainian economy,” she told Interfax-Ukraine.

The banker stressed the need to continue cooperation with the IMF.

As reported earlier, investors have built 207 new plants in Ukraine over past four years. 

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