CONVERGENCE OF UKRAINE’S TRANSPORT SECTOR WITH THE EU AS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF ACHIEVING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND THE GREEN DEAL
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https://doi.org/10.35774/jee2025.01.131Keywords:
beta convergence, convergent trends, divergent trends, foreign trade, Green Deal, greenhouse gas emissions, international indices, sigma convergence, sustainable transport development, transport sector.Abstract
The article proposes a methodological approach to assessing the convergence processes between Ukraine and the EU in the transport sector, the essence of which is to determine the parameters of the assessment, as well as to identify convergent and divergent trends and reasons that impede convergence within these parameters. The assessment of convergent processes between Ukraine and the EU in the transport sector in general and by transport modes was carried out according to the selected parameters, namely: foreign trade in transport services between Ukraine, EU and other countries around the world; sigma and beta convergence of the transport sector of Ukraine and the EU; greenhouse gas emissions from transport; international indices characterizing the transport sector.
JEL: B49, F15, R40.
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Received: February 2, 2025.
Reviewed: February 19, 2025.
Accepted: March 12, 2025.
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