From the Coronavirus (COVID) pandemic to the war in Ukraine, the world and Georgia are experiencing more uncertainty and accelerating disruption. As a small open economy looking to integrate with the global...
Georgia has struggled to integrate into global value chains (GVCs). The complex demands that growing trade creates on various players in the supply chain elevates the importance of trade facilitation and...
Georgia’s economy is structurally and spatially transforming and becoming more efficient. This chapter analyses the spatial angle of this transformation and shows that, as in other countries, growth has...
Productivity growth in a relatively large sample of Georgian firms during the 2007-2019 period was somewhat disappointing, although significant heterogeneity exists across sectors. Large firms dominate...
Given existing skills gaps, jobs alone will not resolve Georgia’s labor market underperformance; workers need to be better prepared to take on these opportunities. Given the weak performance of the education...
Georgia has set itself an objective to build a European state. Its political leaders proclaimed this more than one hundred years ago, while their more current peers formalized it through a comprehensive...
Georgia has undergone significant transformations over the past 25 years towards private sector-led, export-driven growth, and greater public sector performance. This has resulted in solid economic growth...
From the Coronavirus (COVID) pandemic to the war in Ukraine, the world and Georgia are experiencing more uncertainty and accelerating disruption. As a small open economy looking to integrate with the global...