Op-Ed: How to stem Ukraine’s corruption

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Op-Ed: How to stem Ukraine’s corruption By Daron Acemoglu and James A Robinson

in the world. But corruption does not emerge from thin air, so the real question is what causes it.

Moreover, as in most of the other former Soviet republics , Ukraine’s transition from communism was led by former communist elites who had reinvented themselves as nationalist leaders. This did not work out well anywhere. But in Ukraine’s case, the situation has been made worse by a constant struggle for power between rival communist elites and the oligarchs they helped create and propagate.

Corruption cannot be understood without comprehending this broader institutional context. Even if graft and self-dealing in Ukraine had been controlled, extractive institutions still would have stood in the way of growth.

 

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