Russia’s war in Ukraine continues unabated, despite international efforts to broker a peace settlement. Nearly four years of full-scale war have taken a staggering social, humanitarian, and economic toll, with real GDP in 2025 estimated at about 20 percent below pre-war levels. The authorities...

This Technical Assistance followed a request by the National Bank of Ukraine for a review of their existing Quarterly Projection Model (QPM) and Forecasting and Policy Analysis System (FPAS). Although the NBU had an established FPAS, which benefited from previous IMF TA, the existing model-based...

"This book addresses a central puzzle in the study of European integration: why have some post-communist countries successfully embedded democratic and market institutions after EU accession or candidacy, while others have faltered or regressed? The book utilizes principal component analysis to...

Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine has radically affected the lives of millions of Ukrainians. About a quarter of Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes, seeking refuge in other parts of Ukraine or abroad. Some have already returned, others wish to return but may lack the...

Alberto Veira-Ramos teaches courses on Demography, Population Theory, and Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods at Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain. He is co-editor of the book Ukraine in Transformation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). Kateryna Ivashchenko-Stadnik is Senior Research...

This paper reviews almost twenty years of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) work on access to medicines. The UNHRC has repeatedly framed access to medicines as part of the right to health and has urged States to rely on flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of...