Moldova had become a paradigmatic case of state capture under the rule of Vladimir Plahotniuc, in a sequence comparable to what happened in Georgia under Bidzina Ivanishvili. The paradigm involves personal, informal control over state institutions by the country’s wealthiest individual, in
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The international crowdfunding market has seen incredible growth over the last seven years. In fact, in 2010 the overall funding raised via this method hadn’t even hit the $1 billion mark, and in the seven years between then and 2017 we have
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The FINANCIAL -- As Tbilisi has expanded greatly over the last several decades, air pollution has developed as a rapidly growing issue.
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The FINANCIAL -- Economic growth --The preliminary statistics released by Geostat reveal that Georgia’s real GDP growth was 4.8%year over year (YoY)in 2018.These results are behind the World Bank’s, IMF’s, ADB’s and NBG’s latest growth projections of 5%-5.5%.
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All stakeholders agree, that development of marine sector is vital for Georgia. Experts of the field have been working on research to find out most optimal ways for development of industry. As a result, three main directions were identified: education, shipping and
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The FINANCIAL -- Riddles are fun; sometimes, though, they teach us more than expected. Consider this riddle, for example. A son and his father get into a terrible accident;the father dies immediately while the son is rushed to the hospital for an
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Last Friday, together with colleagues from France and the Netherlands, we presented very interesting findings from a recently completed data collection initiative that aimed to measure success of ongoing judicial reforms in Georgia. It is obviously important to have a fair and
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The FINANCIAL — Being a researcher is not only my job, it is my way of life. Every time I get the chance, I start conversations with random people and ask them tons of questions. During a recent taxi ride, after I
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“Marriage is outdated” became a recently popular idea in many publications based on opinion polls. Truth be told, most of these articles are describing a social perception of marriage in developed democracies. Social scientists have used several arguments to support this statement,
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The FINANCIAL -- Winston Churchill took the view that there is "No such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion". Many world leaders would agree with Mr. Churchill’s opinion, since according to the Gallup International Association’s End of Year Survey,
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