Legal Aspects of the International Monetary Fund’s Support for Ukraine  (2022–2025)

Iwona Lasek-Surowiec

doi:10.31861/mhpi2025.52.42-54

Автор(и)

Iwona Lasek-Surowiec Державна академія прикладних наук у Хелмі https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7231-7993

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31861/mhpi2025.52.42-54

Ключові слова:

МВФ, Україна, міжнародне право, фінансова допомога

Анотація

У статті розглядаються правові аспекти підтримки України з боку Міжнародного валютного фонду (МВФ) у 2022–2025 роках. Метою є оцінка того, якою мірою чинні правові норми дозволяють Фонду забезпечувати гнучкі фінансові заходи, зберігаючи свій інституційний мандат рівного ставлення до членів та захищаючи фінансову стабільність. Методологія поєднує догматично-правовий підхід з порівняльно-правовим аналізом, зосереджуючись на першоджерелах права МВФ, рішеннях Виконавчої ради та програмних документах. Результати дослідження свідчать, що зобов'язання України мають подвійний характер: договірні обов'язки, що випливають зі Статей, та програмні зобов'язання, пов'язані з EFF. Підтримка України з боку МВФ забезпечила не лише ліквідність та макроекономічну стабілізацію, але й сприяла розвитку скоординованого режиму боргу за участю двосторонніх та багатосторонніх кредиторів. Правовим наслідком є поява гібридної системи, в якій інструменти МВФ, хоча й не призначені безпосередньо для надзвичайних економічних умов, функціонують як нормативні механізми міжнародного фінансового права. Це тематичне дослідження демонструє, що втручання МВФ у таких умовах сприяє зміцненню міжнародної легітимності держави-одержувача та формує довгострокові рамки для реконструкції та інтеграції у світову фінансову систему.

Біографія автора

Iwona Lasek-Surowiec, Державна академія прикладних наук у Хелмі

Кандидат юридичних наук, доцент кафедри міжнародних відносин

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