Assisting Reform in Post-Communist Ukraine 2000–2012. The Illusions of Donors and the Disillusion of Beneficiaries

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Foreword by Dr Kataryna Wolczuk....................................................................11
Glossary of Acronyms ..........................................................................................12
Acknowledgements ..............................................................................................13
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK .15
Part I: Background to the Study and Key Research Questions ...................15
Context and Rationale for the Research: the Current Crisis in Ukraine. ......15
Bridging a Gap in the Literature .........................................................................16
International Technical Assistance and the Blame Game................................18
Research Questions .............................................................................................. 20
The Argument........................................................................................................21
The Researcher as Participant..............................................................................23
Overview of Chapters...........................................................................................25
Part II: External Assistance and Domestic Reform
– What the Literature Tells Us...........................................................................27
Introduction ...........................................................................................................27
Theorising External Influence (i): the EU and the Accession States ..............27
Theorising External Influence (ii) : the EU and its Neighbourhood ..............28
Theorising External Influence (iii):Transnational Policy Transfer .................31
Theorising External Influence (iv):
the Political Economy Analysis of International Aid .......................................32
Conclusions ............................................................................................................35
CHAPTER II: THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT - INTERGOVERN-
MENTAL RELATIONS IN THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT UKRAINE ....39
Introduction ...........................................................................................................39
Part I: The Ukrainian State in The First Decade After Independence.......41
The Challenge of State Building and the Threat of Disintegration ................41
Regional Policy and Intergovernmental Finance in the
Decade after Independence .................................................................................50
Institutions under Pressure..................................................................................55
Conclusions to Part I.............................................................................................59Part II: Post-Soviet Transition and The Sharing of
International Know How....................................................................................60
Introduction ...........................................................................................................60
The Challenge of State Building and the Response of
International Donors.............................................................................................61
Conclusions ............................................................................................................68
CHAPTER III: CASE STUDY I - FISCAL DECENTRALISATION
AND THE BUDGET CODE REFORM OF 2000/1 ........................................71
Introduction ...........................................................................................................71
Part I: Preparing the Reform ..............................................................................74
Fatal Flaws Appear in the Matryoshka ................................................................74
The Emergence of Personal and Institutional Networks.................................81
International Technical Assistance in the Preparation of Budget Reform ....92
Conclusions to Part I...........................................................................................103
Part II: Reform Adoption and Implementation............................................105
Introduction .........................................................................................................105
The Passing of the Law on the State Budget for 2001 ....................................106
Budget Code Reform and the Challenge of Implementation........................113
Conclusions ..........................................................................................................122
CHAPTER IV: CASE STUDY II - REGIONAL POLICY REFORM
IN UKRAINE 2000-2012 ....................................................................................125
Introduction .........................................................................................................125
Part I: The Struggle for Settled Legislation...................................................129
Regional Policy Reform in Ukraine in a
National and International Context..................................................................129
The Emergence of a Pro-Reform Enclave in the Ministry of Economy .......132
Conclusions to Part I...........................................................................................146
Part II: International Advice and Regional Policy Reform ........................148
Introduction .........................................................................................................148
Institution Building: the New Priority for International
Assistance to Ukraine .........................................................................................149
Establishing a Stable Legislative Framework for Regional Policy...............152
Conclusions ..........................................................................................................173CHAPTER V: ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION - LINKING THE CASE
STUDY EVIDENCE TO THEORY..................................................................175
Introduction .........................................................................................................175
Part I: Theorising International Technical Assistance ................................178
Normative Institutional Isomorphism and Policy Transfer ..........................178
Pro-Reform Enclaves and Informal Coalitions ...............................................179
Shared Features of the Case Studies .................................................................181
Distinguishing Features of the Case Studies ...................................................185
The Policy Transfer Network.............................................................................191
Conclusions to Part I...........................................................................................193
Part II: Reform Failure and the Political Economy
Analysis of Development Theory.....................................................................195
Introduction .........................................................................................................195
From Know How Sharing to the Mainstream of International
Development........................................................................................................196
Experts Bringing Solutions (i): Developing Countries & the Political
Economy Analysis...............................................................................................198
Internal Contradictions in Donor Policy towards Public Administrative
Reform in Ukraine...............................................................................................201
Institutional Development and the Project Cycle of
Technical Assistance............................................................................................202
Experts Bringing Solutions (ii): Ukraine & the Output Culture of
Technical Assistance............................................................................................204
Behind the Façade of Ukraine’s Formal Institutions: the Political
Intelligence Deficit ..............................................................................................206
Ukraine as a Neo-Patrimonial State..................................................................210
Conclusions ..........................................................................................................213
CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSIONS .....................................................................216
Bibliography.........................................................................................................223
List of Interviewees .............................................................................................248