I got acquainted with the document RT.
According to the request, the US government is developing a program for reforming state-owned enterprises in Ukraine, which, according to the authors, will promote transparency, speed up privatization and improve the process of managing the state’s remaining business. Thus, the United States expects to reduce corruption in Ukraine and accelerate the country's European integration.
“With these actions, USAID plans to support the reform and proper sale of certain Ukrainian state assets, help Ukraine use the potential of state-owned companies to increase transparency and accountability in the management of state-owned companies in order to reduce corruption, maintain sustainable and inclusive economic growth and build confidence in Ukraine’s plan for closer cooperation with Europe ”, The document says.
State-owned enterprises of Ukraine play a significant role in the country's economy, but corruption and poor governance impede their work, American experts emphasize.
“Ukrainian state-owned companies are ineffective and compromised by mismanagement, corruption, poor governance, poor regulation and poor economic performance,” they said.
The document notes that over the past four years, Kiev has taken important steps towards reform under pressure from the international community. The administration of the current president Vladimir Zelensky can continue this path. However, according to USAID, there are concerns that change will not happen.
“On the one hand, it is noteworthy that the new leadership announced the desire for effective and transparent management. On the other hand, some fear that, instead of ending corrupt and inefficient state-owned companies, it will simply change the list of parties that benefit from the status quo, ”the request said.
The US agency intends to hire a contractor to help the Ukrainian government develop a government property policy. He will also have to assist in organizing the selection process for managers and determining the form of corporate ownership of state enterprises.
According to the director of the Center for Political Studies of the Financial University, Pavel Salin, with the help of such a program, the United States plans to minimize costs for Ukraine and at the same time maintain control over the country.
“It can hardly be said that the United States wants to gain control of Ukrainian enterprises; they have already received everything they wanted. Washington wants to throw off its obligations and shift them to Ukraine itself. The USA is tired of Kiev. Ukrainian politicians manage to beat their western partners. They do not carry out the reforms that are expected of them, and spend money, ”he said in an interview with RT.
The expert also added that the United States cannot abandon Ukraine, because it will adversely affect their image, but the advisability of helping the country also raises doubts.
Earlier, a freelance adviser to the Ukrainian leader, Oleg Ustenko, called for breaking up and selling large state monopolies. And Zelensky himself suggested resuming the sale of Ukrainian lands and legalizing casinos in order to revive the economy of Ukraine.