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A Comparative Analysis of the Features and Priority Directions of Postwar Economic Reconstruction in Countries Worldwide
Khaustova V. Y., Trushkina N. V.

Khaustova, Viktoriia Ye., and Trushkina, Nataliia V. (2025) “A Comparative Analysis of the Features and Priority Directions of Postwar Economic Reconstruction in Countries Worldwide.” Business Inform 12:7–20.
https://doi.org/10.32983/2222-4459-2025-12-7-20

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Abstract:
Postwar economic reconstruction is a complex and multidimensional process that extends beyond the mere restoration of destroyed infrastructure and entails deep structural transformation and the restructuring of the national economy. Amid the growing scale of armed conflicts globally, summarizing and conducting a comparative analysis of international experiences in postwar reconstruction becomes particularly significant in order to identify effective models and priority directions for recovery that can ensure long-term economic stability, resilience, and State security. The aim of this article is to perform a comparative analysis of the features and priority directions of postwar economic reconstruction in countries with varying historical experiences of armed conflicts. The methodological foundation of the study comprises systemic, comparative, and historical-economic approaches, as well as methods of analysis, synthesis, and structural-logical generalization. The study examined and synthesized the experiences of countries in the Balkan region, the Caucasus, East Asia, and Western Europe after World War II, which made it possible to encompass various trajectories of post-conflict economic development. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the substantiation of a typology of postwar economic reconstruction models (stabilization, adaptive, transformational, and comprehensive) based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative comparative analysis of the scale of destruction, sources of financing, the role of infrastructure, and the pace of economic recovery. It has been shown that critical infrastructure acts not only as an object of reconstruction but also as a system-forming factor that determines the trajectory of postwar socioeconomic development, the potential for structural modernization, and the level of the country’s economic security. The key findings of the study are the substantiation for the absence of a universal postwar reconstruction model and the demonstration of the need for a differentiated approach to setting economic recovery priorities, taking into account national, regional, and security-specific factors. Based on a synthesis of international experience, practical recommendations have been formulated for implementing the best global practices in the context of Ukraine, which involve combining stabilization measures with long-term infrastructure and industrial transformation of the economy. The results obtained can be used in developing postwar reconstruction strategies, regional development programs, government economic policies, and conceptions for ensuring the resilience of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.

Keywords: postwar economic reconstruction, economic recovery, comparative analysis, postwar reconstruction models, infrastructure reconstruction, institutional reforms, financial support for rebuilding, international aid, government economic policy, structural transformation of the economy, economic restructuring, regional development, economic resilience, resilience, sustainable development, national security.

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Khaustova Viktoriia Ye. – Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Professor, Director, Research Centre for Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine (2 floor 1-a Inzhenernyi Ln., Kharkiv, 61166, Ukraine)
Email: [email protected]
Trushkina Nataliia V. – Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Senior Research Fellow, Sector of Industrial Policy and Innovative Development of the Department of Industrial Policy and Energy Security, Research Centre for Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine (2 floor 1-a Inzhenernyi Ln., Kharkiv, 61166, Ukraine)
Email: [email protected]

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