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.
“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.
However, she noted the importance of consistency and predictability of the future economic policy.
“We hope that there will be no reversal,” she said.
“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.
“We hope that, first of all, the work on the IMF program will continue. We already see investors ready to come to the economy [in Ukraine]. The most important thing is not to frighten investors, not to make unexpected economic decisions,” the expert said.
