A senior US Treasury official has said US and allies’ budget assistance is designed to help Ukraine combat corruption and increase transparency – amid its bid to become a NATO member.
Brent Neiman, deputy undersecretary for international finance, said in a speech to the Atlantic Council thinktank that Ukraine’s wartime economy has proven resilient during the conflict.
But he said that Ukraine needs to undertake reforms to “reduce the likelihood for conflicts of interest and corruption”.
Mr Neiman laid out anti-corruption steps Ukraine has taken, including having public office holders report their asset holdings, insulating Ukraine’s special anti-corruption prosecutor’s office from political pressure…
