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THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO DELINEATE THE MEANING OF PRODUCTIVITY FOR PUBLIC POLICY PROCESSES AND TO RAISE SOME OF THE POLICY QUESTIONS THAT ARE IMPLIED BY THIS THRUST IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. A DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPTS INVOLVED IS PRESENTED FIRST. THEN FOLLOW DISCUSSIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFFORTS TO THIS POINT AND OF EXPECTED ROLES FOR PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS IN POLICY FORMATION.

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT, THE VERKHOVNA RADA, SINCE THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION. THE EMERGENCE OF A POPULARLY ELECTED LEGISLATURE IN POST-SOVIET UKRAINE STANDS AS A CORNERSTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DEMOCRATIC REGIME. WHILE THE VERKHOVNA RADA IS BY NO MEANS A MATURE PARLIAMENT, THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE INSTITUTIONALIZATION HAS BEEN LAID THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REPRESENTATIVE POLITICAL PROCESS, NASCENT POLITICAL PARTIES, A SEPARATION OF POWERS BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE, AND THE POLICY-MAKING CAPACITY OF THE PARLIAMENT.