PENSION REFORM IN UKRAINE: RESULTS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

The article gives a general description of the pension reform provisions of Ukraine in 2017. The main directions of practical implementation of pension reform ideas are considered, in particular the questions of changing the procedure for determining the minimum pension amount, increasing the pensions amount, renewal of pensions payment to working pensioners in full, updating and indexing pensions, introducing a new order of retirement depending on the existing insurance period, the introduction of unified rules for the appointment of pensions, the abolition of special pensions, payments to working pensioners. The results of the pension reform implementation for today are analyzed and the main disadvantages of this reform in 2017 are identified. The necessity and the key issues for further deepening of the pension system reform are substantiated, and further perspectives of the pension system development of Ukraine are disrupted.