The National and Regional Markets for Services in Ukraine: Are We Approaching Europe?

Abstract

The article analyses the national and regional markets for services in Ukraine in statics and dynamics. The diagnostics was performed from the standpoint of structural transformation of the markets exhibiting deep qualitative changes. Empirical assessment corroborated that Ukraine’s economy and its regions acquire attributes of servicization, which generally corresponds with tendencies in the development of European markets for services. The authors identify impediments to activation of structural transformation on the national and regional services markets, which is necessary to satisfy the EU criteria and facilitate the European integration of Ukraine.