Volodymyr Vakhitov coauthored a background paper for the World Bank Report

The World Development Report (WDR), which is the World Bank’s most widely-known and most visible flagship product, for 2013 focuses on jobs. In parallel with the production of the main World Development Report, a number of case studies have been conducted in seven countries, among them Ukraine. The country is faced with a particular jobs challenge given its aging demographic profile, ongoing structural transformation, and fundamental political and economic changes.

The Ukraine case study follows the main concept of the WDR 2013, linking jobs to three transformations (living standards, productivity, and social cohesion) and making the distinction between “good jobs for development” (those that carry a longer – term development pay-off) and other jobs.