A new poll shows that Ukrainians are hungry for change and finally seeing it at the local level.
On April 10, the International Republican Institute (IRI) released its annual municipal survey, tracking the views of more than 19,000 Ukrainians in twenty-four cities. Three years since IRI’s first survey, residents in fifteen of the twenty-four cities surveyed have expressed more optimism in the overall direction of their cities’ development and several have seen improvements in the quality of public services and governance. Although pessimism at the national level remains strong, significant improvements have been made at the local level.
