{"id":1380452,"date":"2026-04-10T13:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/spend-to-get-why-cashbacks-don-t-help-poor-ukrainians\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:29:49","slug":"spend-to-get-why-cashbacks-don-t-help-poor-ukrainians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/spend-to-get-why-cashbacks-don-t-help-poor-ukrainians\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSpend to get\u201d: why cashbacks don\u2019t help poor Ukrainians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Consumer prices in Ukraine are accelerating, with inflation reaching 1.7% in March, up from 1% in February. Against this backdrop, the government has announced new social support programs, but economist Oleg Pendzin is skeptical about the effectiveness of such initiatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> On the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221;, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v9IMDVSraQo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">expressed the opinion<\/a> that mechanisms such as state cashback do not solve the problems of low-income citizens.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Any logic of cashback is a program that supports people who are not poor. In order to get cashback, you first need to spend money. The more you spend, the more you get back,&#8221; noted Oleg Pendzin, executive director of the Economic Discussion Club.<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v9IMDVSraQo&#038;t=217s<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/populism-instead-of-military-aid-where-are-budget-funds-spent\/\">Populism instead of military aid: where are budget funds spent?<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> According to the expert&#8217;s calculations, to receive the maximum payment under the &#8220;Ukrainian Cashback&#8221; program, a person must purchase Ukrainian goods worth 30 thousand hryvnias per month, which exceeds the average salary in the country.<\/p>\n<p> Pendzin is convinced that it is more expedient to direct the resources of the government&#8217;s reserve fund to the needs of the defense sector, in particular, to payments to military personnel, rather than to dubious economic experiments.<\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/uriad-vycherpav-mayzhe-ves-rezervnyy-fond-kudy-podilysia-hroshi\/\">used more than 78% of the reserve fund<\/a> intended for emergency situations, directing a significant part to social payments, including the \u201cNational Cashback\u201d program. Political scientist Kateryna Roshuk criticized this approach to public administration on the air of \u201cPryamoy\u201d, emphasizing the inappropriateness of populist programs in the midst of war.<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile, the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture reported on the costs of the \u201cCashback for Fuel\u201d program in Ukraine. Daily payments to Ukrainians amount to <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/skilky-vytrachaietsia-z-biudzhetu-na-prohramu-keshbek-na-palne-u-minekonomiky-nazvaly-tochni-sumy\/\">about UAH 20 million<\/a> , which are directed to specific needs. The government emphasizes that the program is in demand among the population.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consumer prices in Ukraine are accelerating, with inflation reaching 1.7% in March, up from 1% in February. Against this backdrop, the government has announced new social support programs, but economist Oleg Pendzin is skeptical about the effectiveness of such initiatives. On the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221;, he expressed the opinion that mechanisms such as state cashback [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1380396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76892],"class_list":["post-1380452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1380452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1380396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1380452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1380452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}