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Eco-Dictatorship Era

December 13, 2021

The latest UN climate report has stirred the world. The regular global action “Ecological Strike” took place in August a year earlier. This year it is about to be held again. Millions of citizens of 190 countries in different cities are demanding that governments take urgent measures to reduce emissions into the atmosphere and shift to renewable energy.

Does Khabib Nurmagomedov Deserve the N1 Pound-for-Pound Spot over Jon Jones after UFC 254?

As the most highly anticipated fight of 2020 unveiled, UFC 254 showed

by Gela Megeneishvili

October 29, 2020

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OPINION: Forging resilient regional supply chains and connectivity

Participation in global and regional supply chains has been one of the

by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana

October 3, 2020

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Why I decided to run for the post of the GPB Director General

The principal reason why I decided to run for the post of

by Khatuna Lagazidze

September 24, 2020

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OP-ED

Farmers without Verve

During the last three months, theAgricultural Policy Research Center (APRC) of ISET-PI was working on a study about family farming in Georgia.Within this project, we conductedinterviews with farmers and owners ofagribusinesses. These interviews elicited many intriguing facets of Georgian agriculture, but one

by Salome Gelashvili, ISET

January 19, 2015

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Did the Patriarch cause a baby boom in Georgia?

The FINANCIAL -- In October 2007, responding to the problem of very low birthrates in the country, Ilia II. of Georgia, the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, announced that he would personally baptize any third and subsequent child born to Orthodox families from

by Lasha Lanchava, ISET

December 22, 2014

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While Expensive, Tbilisi Yields Savings Opportunities

The FINANCIAL -- In November 2014, the average cost of cooking one standard Imeretian Khachapuri varied across Georgian cities from 3.23 GEL, the minimum observed in Telavi, to 3.51 GEL, the maximum observed in Tbilisi. The average price was 3.34 GEL, 0.2%

by ISET

December 22, 2014

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The Economics of Great Personalities

The FINANCIAL -- Some weeks ago, I was invited by a development bank to the Hotel Eden in Kvareli, Kakheti, where we discussed Georgia’s possibilities to develop economically. When we talked about the potential of the manufacturing sector, one of the attending

by Florian Biermann, ISET

December 15, 2014

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Consumer Price Index (CPI) Kh-Index Inflation

The FINANCIAL -- ISET’s Khachapuri Index has unexpectedly changed direction in November 2014. At 3.34GEL, it is 0.2% lower compared to October 2014 (m/m) and 2.4% lower compared to November 2013 (y/y). The general level of consumer prices, as measured by the

by ISET

December 15, 2014

1 min read

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Lari Winter Blues – Should We Worry?

In the past two weeks Georgians have been waking up with a sense of déjà vu. In a matter of days, the Georgian currency lost over 8% of its value against the US dollar, and reversed the course of appreciation against the

by Yaroslava Babych and Nino Mosiashvili, ISET

December 8, 2014

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Khachapuri Index For Foreign Currency Earners Takes A Big Hit

The FINANCIAL -- The average cost of cooking one standard Imeretian Khachapuri in November 2014 was 3.34 GEL, which is 0.2% lower month-on-month (m/m, that is compared to the previous month), and 2.4% lower year-on-year (y/y, that is compared to the same

by ISET

December 8, 2014

1 min read

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Georgians negatively assess economy but there is hope for the future

Two years have passed since Georgia’s parliamentary elections brought the Georgian Dream to power at the expense of the United National Movement. As in any tight race, promises were made that would prove hard to deliver. But while GD’s principal message was

by Merab Pachulia, GORBI

December 1, 2014

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Increasing Regional Risks Call for Intensified Economic Reforms in the Caucasus and Central Asia

The policymakers who met during the recent Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund faced some somber news regarding prospects for the global economy. Although global recovery continues, it remains uneven in advanced economies, and emerging economies are adjusting to rates of

by Juha Kähkönen, Deputy Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund, and Azim Sadikov, IMF Resident Representative to Georgia

November 18, 2014

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Kakha Bendukidze. End of an Epoch?

The FINANCIAL -- The post-communist world lost one of its greatest sons last week – a freedom fighter who devoted his life to the daunting task of cleansing Eastern Europe and Eurasia from the shackles of Soviet thinking and bureaucracy. Like Che

by Eric Livny, International School of Economics, Tbilisi State University

November 17, 2014

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