Ukraine Moves to Accelerate Privatization of State-Owned Assets Ukraine's privatization agency may see a significant boost in the near future after parliament approved the first reading of a bill on October 12 to streamline the auctioning of thousands of state-owned assets. If passed, the bill may help ease bottlenecks that the State Assets Fund has repeatedly faced when trying to sell state-owned assets and help bolster funds for the state budget. Privatization is also a key condition set by Western partners such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for continued financial support to Ukraine. Photo: Ukrainform / NurPhoto via Getty Images

Ukraine Moves to Accelerate Privatization of State-Owned Assets Ukraine's privatization agency may see a significant boost in the near future after parliament approved the first reading of a bill on October 12 to streamline the auctioning of thousands of state-owned assets. If passed, the bill may help ease bottlenecks that the State Assets Fund has repeatedly faced when trying to sell state-owned assets and help bolster funds for the state budget. Privatization is also a key condition set by Western partners such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for continued financial support to Ukraine. Photo: Ukrainform / NurPhoto via Getty Images