The World Bank is closely following the situation and notes that this was a very bold step. Such an opinion on Tuesday, November 14, during a briefing in Kiev, said the president of the World Bank Group, Jim Jong Kim.

According to him, the reform has a safety margin and, if it is carried out, the pension fund will be protected and stable.

Meanwhile, Jim Yong Kim noted that the pension system would have been more successful if the law had not been amended at the last minute.

We maintain a dialogue with the ministry and the ministry explained that there are ways in which it can be ensured that the reform will be implemented in the form that exists today, "explained Jim Yong Kim.

Recall that the adoption of the law on pension reform is one of the key conditions for the completion of the fourth revision of the program of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, which opens the way for obtaining the fifth credit tranche.

As reported URA-Inform, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Tuesday, October 3, adopted a pension reform. For bill No. 6614 "On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding Increasing Pensions", the thief of the second reading was voted by 288 people's deputies.