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15 July 2013
Eric Livny, Irakli Galdava
The "Wizz Air Effect" or how Georgia Became Part of the Global Economy
On Monday evening I am taking the express train from Tbilisi to Samtredia with my wife and two kids (business class, 120GEL). We plan to stay overnight in a little family hotel (40GEL), and at 6.30 am we’ll board the Wizz Air flight to Katowice, Poland, at the cost of €40 a person and €35 per suitcase (one way).
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12 July 2013
Nino Doghonadze
American Dream vs. Georgian Dream
When I first started reading to my daughter I decided to buy a collection of Georgian fairy tales. However, as I started to read, I noticed that there were lots of things I did not agree with and found myself having to rephrase some of the passages as I read.
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05 July 2013
Maka Chitanava, Florian Biermann
David the Economist
In 1122, King David IV. reconquered Tbilisi from the Muslims. In those times, a bloodbath among the former oppressors would have been the logical consequence of such a victory. Leaders of the High Middle Ages took merciless revenge against their enemies once they had defeated them.
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01 July 2013
Eric Livny
Georgia's National Competitiveness
In the globalized world of today, increasing national competitiveness has become an important policy target for any country. While engaging in mutually beneficial trade, technological and cultural exchanges, countries find themselves in a race for scarce mobile resources such as financial capital and talent.
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28 June 2013
Maya Grigolia, Yaroslava Babych
Georgian Banking Sector Development: Is There Room for Growth?
The Georgian economy faces many challenges, not least of which is access to finance and the extremely high cost of financing private enterprises. With the cost of borrowing (real interest rate) reaching 17.3% on average in April 2013, businesses find it very difficult to function, let alone invest in innovative technologies, long-term growth, and development.
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26 June 2013
Elkin Nurmammadov
Reforming Vocational Education in Azerbaijan: Back to Future?
Baku today is very different from the Baku of my high school years. I remember riding a tram to school. I also remember my high school sharing a building with a vocational school. Nowadays, you will find neither trams nor well-functioning vocational schools in Baku.
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