Status, trends and problems of regional governance in the Republic of Belarus

Belarus is a unitary state with a territory in207.6 thousand square kilometers, divided administratively into 6 regions (Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno, Minsk and Mogilev). The regions, in turn, include 118 districts (Table 4). Table 4 Resource requirements by component Administrative divisionsOf the Republic of Belarus (2001) Region Territory, thousand sq. km. Population, thousand people Districts, […]

Regional problems and experience of their solution in Ukraine

Ukraine is one of those countries with economies in transition that suffered greatly from the transformation crisis in the 1990s. If in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as a whole real GDP fell by an average of 45% compared to the pre-reform level of 1989, then in Ukraine this drop exceeded 60%. However, at […]