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International Adoption is a very complicated and at
the same time is a very rewarding process. Thousands and thousands
families adopt every year from overseas. Orphans Adoption is proud
to be part of this exciting process and making some ground braking
changes in the way it’s done. Our agency solely focuses on the
family and its needs rather then simply on the paperwork alone like
many other agencies do. We stay close to our families through the
whole process of international adoption from start to very end.
From your fist phone call or email to Orphans Adoption you will be
working with a live person and will be able to talk on the phone
with a live person whenever you needed in order to resolve any
obstacles or confusions (we are not supporting automated phone
services, and if you call us during business hours there always be
a live person answering your phone on the other side with the
greeting from Orphans Adoption).
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ADOPTION UKRAINE:UKRAINE ECONOMY
After Russia, the Ukrainian republic was far and away the most important economic component of the former Soviet Union, producing about four times the output of the next-ranking republic. Its fertile black soil generated more than one-fourth of Soviet agricultural output, and its farms provided substantial quantities of meat, milk, grain, and vegetables to other republics. Likewise, its diversified heavy industry supplied the unique equipment (for example, large diameter pipes) and raw materials to industrial and mining sites (vertical drilling apparatus) in other regions of the former USSR. Ukraine depends on imports of energy, especially natural gas, to meet some 85% of its annual energy requirements. Shortly after independence in December 1991, the Ukrainian Government liberalized most prices and erected a legal framework for privatization, but widespread resistance to reform within the government and the legislature soon stalled reform efforts and led to some backtracking. Output by 1999 had fallen to less than 40% of the 1991 level. Loose monetary policies pushed inflation to hyperinflationary levels in late 1993. Ukraine's dependence on Russia for energy supplies and the lack of significant structural reform have made the Ukrainian economy vulnerable to external shocks. Now in his second term, President KUCHMA has pledged to reduce the number of government agencies, streamline the regulatory process, create a legal environment to encourage entrepreneurs, and enact a comprehensive tax overhaul. Reforms in the more politically sensitive areas of structural reform and land privatization are still lagging. Outside institutions - particularly the IMF - have encouraged Ukraine to quicken the pace and scope of reforms. GDP in 2000 showed strong export-based growth of 6% - the first growth since independence - and industrial production grew 12.9%. The economy continued to expand in 2001 as real GDP rose 9% and industrial output grew by over 14%. Growth of 4.1% in 2002 was more moderate, in part a reflection of faltering growth in the developed world. In general, growth has been undergirded by strong domestic demand, low inflation, and solid consumer and investor confidence. Growth was a sturdy 6% in 2003 despite a loss of mementum in needed economic reforms.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $218 billion (2002 est.)
GDP Growth: 4.8% (2002 est.)
GDP Capita: purchasing power parity - $4,500 (2002 est.)
GDP Composition: agriculture: 23%
industry: 42%
services: 35% (2001 est.)
Poverty: 29% (2001 est.)
Income: lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 23.2% (1999) Distribution of family income - Gini index: 29 (1999)
Inflation: -1.2% (2002 est.)
Labor Force: 22.8 million (yearend 1997)
Labor Occupation: industry 32%, agriculture 24%, services 44% (1996)
Budget: revenues: $10.2 billion
expenditures: $11.1 billion, including capital expenditures of (2002 est.)
Industries: coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food processing (especially sugar)
Production Growth: 6% (2002 est.)
Electric Production: 164.7 billion kWh (2001)
Electric Source: fossil fuel: 48.6%
hydro: 7.9%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 43.5%
Electric Consumption: 152.4 billion kWh (2001)
Electric Export: 800 million kWh (2001)
Electric Import: 0 kWh (2001)
Oil Production: 86,490 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil Consumption: 290,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil Exports: NA (2001)
Oil Imports: NA (2001)
Oil Reserves: 197.5 million bbl (37257)
Gas Production: 18.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Gas Consumption: 74.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Gas Exports: 0 cu m (2001 est.)
Gas Imports: 55.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Gas Reserves: 560.7 billion cu m (37257)
Agriculture: grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables; beef, milk
Exports: $18.1 billion (2002 est.)
Export Commodities: ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food products
Export Partners: Russia 18.6%, Italy 7.4%, Turkey 5.6%, Germany 4.1%, China 4.1% (2002)
Imports: $18 billion (2002 est.)
Import Commodities: energy, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Import Partners: Russia 32.3%, Germany 11.7%, Turkmenistan 7.4%, Poland 6%, Italy 4% (2002)
Debt: $14.2 billion (2002)
Aid: $637.7 million (1995); IMF Extended Funds Facility $2.2 billion (1998)
Currency: hryvnia (UAH)
Currency Code: UAH
Exchange: hryvnia per US dollar - 5.33 (2002), 5.37 (2001), 5.44 (2000), 4.13 (1999), 2.45 (1998)
Fiscal: calendar year
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