Outdated equipment is one reason for low productivity on Ukraine’s rich soil.
Nation should secure a prosperous future by ensuring that small-scale farmers control the land.
OP-ED: by Hanna Hopko, Special to Kyiv Post 
Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, August 14, 2009 

Ukraine has been losing jobs, income, taxes and investment for 10 years.
U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
Wash, D.C., Monday, July 20, 2009

Reuters, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, July 11, 2009 

Ukraineranked 72nd out of 134 countries in Global Competitiveness Index Rankings
World Economic Forum (WEF) and Foundation for Effective Governance (FEG) Study
Foundation for Effective Governance (FEG), Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 9, 2009

Opinion Europe:by Adrian Karatnycky and Alexander J. Motyl 
The Wall Street Journal, New York, New York, Thursday, July 9, 2009

Meanwhile, business, the main source of national wealth, is suffering great losses.
Analysis & Commentary: By Diana Smakhtina, Vice President, Corporate Governance, Restructuring, Kharkiv Office, SigmaBleyzer
Dzerkalo Tyzhnia,Mirror Weekly # 22 (750)
Kyiv, Ukraine, 20-26 June 2009