The present study seeks to analyse economic and social components of the coronavirus environment in order to highlight peculiar features of the crisis period, and thus to identify possible areas and measures of socio-economic policy aimed at strengthening the Ukrainian economy and consolidating the social sphere in the medium term.
Ukraine has open economy with high dependence on export conditions. This significantly increases its susceptibility to global crises, which weakens external demand for Ukrainian exports and negatively affects the country’s economic dynamics and social support in general.
The complexity of countering crisis processes in Ukraine, including those caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, is growing not only due to the dependence on the partners’ economic situation, but also due to the need to urgently mitigate accumulated social imbalances. Today, Ukraine’s systems of social security, health care and education undergo reforms that are largely focused on the implementation of the neoliberal course.
