April 2020

14Apr

World Bank to allocate 150 mln USD to Ukraine for social protection

The World Bank will provide Ukraine with an additional 150 million U.S. dollars for social protection needs during the COVID-19 epidemic, the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Social Policy said on its website Friday. Read also Africa’s demographic transition The statement said 50 million dollars will be used to support vulnerable groups during the outbreak and 100 million dollars are earmarked for improving social protection in general. Read also India: Pension schemes draw more members Ukraine joined the World...

April 14, 2020
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March 2020

03Mar

Ukraine. Pensions will increase by average of $50 by 2023, – Sokolovska

In 2020, pensions will be indexed - people over 80 years old will increase payments by an average of $22 / month. By 2023, the average pension will increase by $50 / month. Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Yulia Sokolovska on her Facebook page. "There will be an indexation of pensions! And with it, a new pension growth strategy that the government team and the deputy corps developed on behalf of President Vladimir Zelensky! The initiative is to...

March 3, 2020
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September 2019

19Sep

Ukraine has launched a mobile app “Pension Fund”

Thus, Ukrainians have the opportunity of access to the electronic services Fund in a convenient format using smartphones and tablets, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to itc.ua. The project “Pension Fund of Ukraine in the smartphone” designed with the purpose of realization of development of the system of electronic services “E-pension”. In the first phase the application is available for owners of Android smartphones (version 4.4 and above, download from the link), and later will be released version for...

September 19, 2019
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02Sep

Ukraine to help with pension benefits for Israelis with Ukrainian roots

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said his government will help paying pensions to Israelis born in the Eastern European country. "Ukraine does not refuse pension benefits to Ukrainians who left for permanent residence in Israel and promises to facilitate the preparation of relevant documentation and examination by the Ukrainian parliament," the president's office said in a statement. Read more @ynetnews

September 2, 2019
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August 2019

06Aug

Judges pensions grow almost ten times the social pensions’ growth in Ukraine

Experts from the National Council for Economic Development, as usual, analyzed how average pension has grown for different categories of people. The undisputed growth leader, as before, is the lifelong maintenance of judges. Over the year, pension for this category grew by 78%. The largest category of retired people, namely by age, received an average of 16.7% higher. And, traditionally, the last place belongs to the category of social pensions, where the growth is by 7.9%. The lifelong maintenance...

August 6, 2019
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June 2019

28Jun

Ukraine. Cabinet Decides To Raise Pensions To UAH 2,000 For Women With Seniority Of More Than 30 Years And Men With Seniority Of More Than 35 Years From July

The Cabinet of Ministers adopted the relevant resolution at a meeting on Wednesday, Ukrainian News Agency reports. In particular, the Cabinet of Ministers determined that from July 1, if the monthly amount of pension payments, taking into account the allowances provided by law, cash assistance, indexation and other allowances (except for pensions for special services to Ukraine) for pensioners with sufficient insurance period, does not reach UAH 2,000, so such pensioners will be paid extra to the pension in...

June 28, 2019
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January 2019

14Jan

These Ukrainians have a pension awaiting. But they literally must cross a minefield to get it.

Ukraine — Antonina and Leonid know where to find their state pension money: an office just about a mile down the road. The problem is it is on the other side of the front lines of eastern Ukraine’s nearly five-year-old war. The couple’s home falls within the breakaway territories controlled by rebels loyal to Moscow. The Ukrainian bureaucrats handling pensions and other affairs are across the line in areas run by Kiev’s pro-Western government. So Antonina and Leonid join...

January 14, 2019
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August 2018

15Aug

EBA calls for second-level pension scheme in Ukraine

The European Business Association (EBA) has called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to place pressure on Ukraine to introduce a second-level pension scheme. “It is important to make effective and qualitative steps that will reduce the deficit in the pension system,” said the EBA in a statement. “In Ukraine, there are about 12 million people of retirement age and the pension deficit is more than 200 billion hryvnia (6.3 billion euros). Given the steady growth...

August 15, 2018
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January 2018

19Jan

IMF hails pension reform in Ukraine, notes some shortcomings

IMF Communications Director Gerry Rice said this at a briefing in Washington on Thursday, January 18, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "Ukraine recently adopted the pension law," he said, adding that it introduces some important provisions to modernize the pension system in Ukraine. At the same time, he said, pension reform "has some shortcomings that undermine incentives for people to work longer and contribute to the [pension] system." In this regard, Rice said that such changes do not "fully ensure a fair and...

January 19, 2018
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October 2017

04Oct

Ukraine parliament approves heavily amended pension reform

The Ukrainian parliament approved pension reforms on Tuesday aimed at easing pressure from a pensions deficit of more than $5 billion while also raising the minimum pension. Passing laws to put the buckling pension system on a sustainable footing is a key requirement for the next loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund. But last week a senior World Bank official said the bank and the IMF were concerned about the hundreds of amendments that have been added to the...

October 4, 2017
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