KIEV, April 2 - The World Bank has downgraded its forecast for Ukraine's GDP growth in 2013 to 1%, from 3.5%, senior economist of the World Bank office in Ukraine Ruslan Piontkovsky said on Tuesday.

According to Piontkovsky, the forecast for GDP growth in 2014 was downgraded to 3% from 4%. However, the World Bank predicts that in 2015 the economic dynamics will accelerate to 4%.