This paper employs a production frontier approach that allows distinguishing technological progress from efficiency development. Data on 35 African countries in 1970-2007 show that efficiency losses have constrained growth in Africa while technology progress has played a marginal growth...

The current overregulation of economic and social processes in the country which hampers sustained economic development and causes corruption necessitates enhancement of the role and importance of economic deregulation, particularly in the administrative services sphere where the number of...

The main methodological approaches to the analysis of the market and, correspondingly, descriptions of market laws and principles for creation of a competitive environment have been researched. According to the authors, the problem is first of all in the absence of a correct methodology and...

As emphasized by the authors the Ukrainian village, unfortunately, continues to remain in decay. The number of villages in the country decreases every year. Among the reasons for this negative phenomenon one can mention a complex of living conditions, professional and cultural isolation, the...

The indicators that can be used for evaluation of the fiscal efficiency of the personal income tax have been examined. The tax revenue to Ukraine's consolidated and local budgets including the regional one has been analyzed. The share of the personal income tax (PIT) in the tax revenue has been...

The feasibility of using a strategic approach in the process of mass layoffs has been determined, which helps both to consider the issue of layoff within the enterprise that conducts the downsizing and take into account its impact on the environment, the regional labor market. The developed...

The article provides the analysis of the countries' tourism development indicators in correspondence with the position of a national economy in the global market. The issues of international tourism impact on a national economy have been studied, in both the methodological aspects and practical...