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Finland’s road to economic recovery will likely be bumpy. On Monday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast that Finland will grow by just 1.25 percent in 2010 and by two percent in 2011.

The World Bank issued a new report, Ukraine: Trade and Transit Facilitation Assessment on 27 May. The report, prepared with financial assistance of Dutch grant assisting Ukraine to improve its international competitiveness and public finance management, provides a basic diagnostic of trade and transport logistics and facilitation issues in the country. It looks at trade and transport facilitation from the point of view of exporters and importers and makes recommendations how Ukraine can fully exploit its geographic location to become a transit hub in the region.