Economic costs of corruption development in Ukraine and ways to overcome them in terms of European integration

Olga Melnyk1 olia_melnyk [at] ukr.net
Marta Adamiv1 marta_adamiv [at] i.ua
  1. Foreign Economic and Customs Activity Department, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine, Lviv, S. Bandery street 12.
Abstract 

The article represents the present state and level of corruption in Ukraine according to key international corruption ratings. On this basis the urgency of Ukraine’s fight against corruption is proved in terms of European integration. In the article it is emphasized on the present and future economic costs of corruption development in Ukraine. As the result, the key tasks of Ukraine’s fight against corruption are identified.

Keywords 
corruption
economic costs
fight
Ukraine
European integration.
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