**Ukraine Reforms Tracker: Weekly Issue 19**
This is the 19th issue of Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak‘s weekly “Ukraine Reforms Tracker”. The digest highlights steps taken in the Ukrainian parliament related to business, economics, and international financial programs.
**Benchmarks and Soft Commitments with the IMF**
* A law increasing tobacco tax has finally been implemented after a 106-day delay. This is a step towards fulfilling Ukraine’s commitments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
* The parliament has passed a bill that will allow for the creation of financial inclusion banks, which will help serve people who don’t have stable access to financial services.
**Obligations to the EU**
* The parliament is set to vote on a law that aims to reform Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency, ARMA. This is one of the benchmarks under the Ukraine Facility funding mechanism.
* A group of lawmakers and the government have submitted competing bills aimed at overhauling vocational education in Ukraine.
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