KIEV, Oct. 8 - The International Monetary Fund in October improved its forecast for Ukraine's GDP growth in 2013 by 0.4 percentage points compared to the April expectations, to 0.4%.

The assessment is given in the World Economic Outlook, released by the IMF on October 8.

According to the October forecast of the IMF, in 2014 Ukraine's GDP growth is expected at 1.5%, while in April it was expected at 2.8%.