Ukraine feels its reform efforts have been vindicated by the International Monetary Fund giving it another tranche of aid worth $1 billion, but the country still faces an uphill struggle to speed up economic growth and achieve lasting change.
After waiting for nearly a year for Kyiv to accelerate reforms, the IMF announced the release of more aid on Sept. 14 as part of a $17.5 billion bailout to shore up an economy brought low by a pro-Russian separatist war in the east.
