IMF criticizes Ukraine’s pension reform

19:10, 18 January 2018

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Ukraine’s pension reform does not provide for the forming of a fully fair and sustainable pension system in the country, spokesman for the International Monetary Fund, Gerry Rice, has told a Washington briefing, answering an UNIAN correspondent’s question.

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IMF criticizes Ukraine’s pension reform

Ukraine’s pension reform does not provide for the forming of a fully fair and sustainable pension system in the country, spokesman for the International Monetary Fund, Gerry Rice, has told a Washington briefing, answering an UNIAN correspondent’s question.

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