Value-based Approach in the Post-War Recovery of Ukraine

ANNOTATION.The article considers and substantiates the importance of the value-based approach in the process of post-war economic recovery of Ukraine.It is proved that at the present stage of development of the world economy, humanity has faced epochal challenges, among which one of the most important is the aggravation of moral and ethical problems, and these problems are increasing both in individual countries and in the international system as a whole.It is shown that in the context of the global economic crisis, the gap between the material sphere and moral principles can be very deep, and the crisis itself is global not only in the geographical, substantive and systemic sense, but also to the greatest extent in the economic and spiritual sense.To overcome the current crisis, not only new economic mechanisms have been proposed, but also new approaches that take into account spiritual, moral, ethical and other human values.To successfully confront these challenges, the author proposes a comprehensive approach that combines the main aspects of successful modern development, including the value approach.It is substantiated that the experience of successful economies shows that they have a close long-term connection with universal human values and the dominant religion in the country.The same experience shows that the connection between economics and religious values makes people wiser and the society -more humane and stable, since a purely pragmatic approach to economic development, although it provides acceptabl e growth, does not solve many fundamental problems of society.It is substantiated that social values are integral and largely determining structural elements of the social system, more stabl e and sustainable than economic or class factors, which makes the study of the value system strategically important for analyzing the driving forces of any society and its economy.It is shown that in the modern world there are two main macro-civilization systems -Western and East Asian, which developed under the influence of Confucian values, which form the core of the world system of the most competitive states.The author substantiates the importance of taking into account the value systems of Protestantism and Confucianism in the context of the strategic tasks facing Ukraine in terms of post-war reconstruction and socio-economic modernization, which led to phenomenal success and brought these countries to leading positio ns in the world in terms of economic and social situation.The author proposes tactical and strategic principles that, if followed in the process of post-war high-tech recovery and close cooperatio n with partners, will allow Ukraine to achieve compliance with the high standards of market democracies as soon as possible and become a full-fledged part of the Euro-Atlantic community.